1971 Indian general election in Gujarat

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General elections were held in India to constitute the 5th Lok Sabha in March 1971. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constituencies, each with a single seat. [1] Under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, the Indian National Congress (R) led a campaign which focused on reducing poverty and won a landslide victory, overcoming a split in the party and regaining many of the seats lost in the previous election. [2]

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In Gujarat, INC and the new party NCO won 11 seats each while the Swatantra party only managed to get 2 seats.

Party-wise results summary

PartySeats won
Indian National Congress 11
NCO11
Swatantra Party 2

Results- Constituency wise

NoConstituencyWinnerParty
1 Kachchh MAHIPATRAY M. MEHTAINC
2 Surendranagar RASIKLAL PARIKHINC
3 Rajkot GHANSHYAMBHAI OZAINC
4 Jamnagar DAULATSINHJI PRATAPSNJI JADEJAINC
5 Junagadh NANJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI VEKARIAINC
6 Amreli JIVRAJ NARAYAN MEHTAINC
7 Bhavnagar PRASANWVADAN MANILAL MEHTANCO
8DHANDHUKAH. M. PATELSWA
9AHMEDABADINDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIKNCO
10GANDHINAGAR (SC)SOMCHANDBHAI MANUBHAI SOLANKINCO
11 Mahesana NATWARLAL AMRUTLAL PATELNCO
12 Patan (SC)KHEMCHANBHAI SOMABHAI CHAVDANCO
13BANASKANTHAPOPATLAL M. JOSHIINC
14SABARKANTHACHANDULAL CHUNILAL DESAINCO
15DOHAD (ST)BHALJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI PARMARNCO
16GODHRAPILOO HOMI MODYSWA
17KAIRADHARMASINH DADUBHAI DESAINCO
18 Anand PRAVINSINHJI NATVARSINHJI SOLANKINCO
19BARODAFATESINHRAO PRATAP SINHRAONCO
20DABHOIPRABHUDAS KHUSHALBHAI PATELINC
21BROACHT. S. MANSINHJI BHASAHESINC
22 Surat MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAINCO
23MANDAVI (ST)AMARSINHBHAI ZINABHAI CHAUDHARIINC
24BULSAR (ST)NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATELNCO

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References

  1. "General Election of India 1971, 5th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. "INKredible India: The story of 1971 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know". Zee News. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.