1971 elections in India

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Elections in the Republic of India in 1971 included the 1971 Indian general election, elections to three state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.

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General Election

Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1971.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress (R) 64,033,27443.68352+69
Indian National Congress (Organisation) 15,285,85110.4316New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 10,777,1197.3522–13
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,510,0895.1225+6
Communist Party of India 6,933,6274.73230
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5,622,7583.8423–2
Swatantra Party 4,497,9883.078–36
Samyukta Socialist Party 3,555,6392.433–20
Bharatiya Kranti Dal 3,189,8212.181New
Telangana Praja Samithi 1,873,5891.2810New
Praja Socialist Party 1,526,0761.042–11
Shiromani Akali Dal 1,279,8730.871New
Utkal Congress 1,053,1760.721New
All India Forward Bloc 962,9710.6620
Peasants and Workers Party of India 741,5350.510–2
Revolutionary Socialist Party 724,0010.493New
Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 542,6620.370New
Kerala Congress 542,4310.373+3
Bangla Congress 518,7810.351–4
Indian Union Muslim League 416,5450.2820
Vishal Haryana Party 352,5140.241New
All India Jharkhand Party 272,5630.191New
Shiv Sena 227,4680.160New
Shoshit Dal Bihar193,3890.130New
Socialist Unity Centre of India 157,7030.110New
Republican Party of India 153,7940.1010
Janta Party139,0910.090New
All Party Hill Leaders Conference 90,7720.0610
United Front of Nagaland 89,5140.061New
Hindu Mahasabha 73,1910.050New
Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 72,1310.050New
Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 66,6690.050New
Hindustani Shoshit Dal65,9250.040New
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 65,6220.040New
Lok Sewak Sangh 62,5270.040New
Jana Congress 60,1030.0400
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation 58,5110.040–1
United Goans – Seqveria Group 58,4010.0410
Socialist Party 55,0640.040New
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 54,5970.040New
Proutist Bloc of India43,8490.030New
Telangana Congress 43,5480.030New
Minorities Labour Party41,1980.030New
Indian Socialist Party 38,7130.030New
Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh 36,5260.020New
Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh 34,0700.020New
Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party31,7290.020New
Manipur Peoples Party 31,0290.020New
Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 24,0930.020New
Republican Party of India (Ambedkarite)22,4280.020New
Backward Classes Mahasabha6,9290.000New
Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)6,1980.000New
Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party4,9820.000New
Independents12,279,6298.3814–21
Appointed members [a] 30
Total146,602,276100.00521–2
Valid votes146,602,27696.74
Invalid/blank votes4,934,5263.26
Total votes151,536,802100.00
Registered voters/turnout274,189,13255.27
Source: ECI
  1. Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.

Overall Results

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps
1–7 March 1971 Tamil Nadu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Karunanidhi IN-TN.svg
West Bengal President's Rule United Left Democratic Front Ajoy Mukherjee IN-WB.svg
Orissa Swatantra Party Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Independent Bishwanath Das IN-OD.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Orissa

PartyNo. of candidatesNo. of electedNo. of votes %
Indian National Congress (Indira) 12951124066828.18%
Utkal Congress 13933105582623.99%
Swatantra Party 1153676781517.44%
Praja Socialist Party 5042677686.08%
Orissa Jana Congress 6612270565.16%
Communist Party of India 2942108114.79%
Indian National Congress (Organization) 501794601.81%
All India Jharkhand Party 144722911.64%
Samyukta Socialist Party 150532711.21%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 112527851.20%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 210308240.70%
All India Forward Bloc 4083930,19%
Socialist Unity Centre of India 1020930.05%
Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 105320.01%
Independents19043323277.55%
Total:835140

Tamil Nadu

Source: Election Commission of India [1]

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AlliancesPartyPopular VoteVote %Seats contestedSeats wonChange
Progressive Front
Seats: 205
Seat Change: +26
Popular Vote: 8,506,078
Popular Vote %: 54.30%
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,654,93548.58%203184Increase2.svg47
Communist Party of India 364,8032.32%108Increase2.svg6
All India Forward Bloc 268,7211.71%97Increase2.svg6
Praja Socialist Party 147,9850.94%44
Indian Union Muslim League 69,6340.44%22Decrease2.svg1
Democratic Front
Seats: 21
Seat Change: -50
Popular Vote: 6,016,530
Popular Vote %: 38.18%
Indian National Congress 5,513,89434.99%20115Decrease2.svg36
Swatantra Party 465,1452.95%196Decrease2.svg14
Socialist Party 37,4910.24%20
Others
Seats: 8
Seat Change:
Popular Vote: 1,234,193
Popular Vote %: 7.52%
Independent 965,3796.13%2568
Communist Party of India 259,2981.65%370
Total10 Political Parties15,756,801234

West Bengal

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
CPI(M) Jyoti Basu 113+33
Congress (R) 105+50
Communist Party of India 13−17
Socialist Unity Centre of India 70
Indian Union Muslim League 7+7
Bangla Congress Ajoy Mukherjee 5−28
ULF Independents 4New
All India Forward Bloc 3−18
Revolutionary Socialist Party 3−9
Praja Socialist Party 3−2
Revolutionary Communist Party of India Sudhindranath Kumar 3+1
Congress (O) 2New
Jharkhand Party 2New
Workers Party of India 20
Marxist Forward Bloc 2+1
All India Gorkha League 2−2
Bharatiya Jan Sangh 1+1
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1New
Samyukta Socialist Party dissident1New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

References

  1. Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.