1971 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1970 elections in India 1970 1971 1972 elections in India 1972 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. General Election 1971 Indian general election 350px Indian National Congress (R) 64033274 352 +69 Indian National Congress (Organisation) 15285851 16 New Bharatiya Jana Sangh 10777119 22 –13 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7510089 25 +6 Communist Party of India 6933627 23 0 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5622758 23 –2 Swatantra Party 4497988 8 –36 Samyukta Socialist Party 3555639 3 –20 Bharatiya Kranti Dal 3189821 1 New Telangana Praja Samithi 1873589 10 New Praja Socialist Party 1526076 2 –11 Shiromani Akali Dal 1279873 1 New Utkal Congress 1053176 1 New All India Forward Bloc 962971 2 0 Peasants and Workers Party of India 741535 0 –2 Revolutionary Socialist Party 724001 3 New Republican Party of India (Khobragade) 542662 0 New Kerala Congress 542431 3 +3 Bangla Congress 518781 1 –4 Indian Union Muslim League 416545 2 0 Vishal Haryana Party 352514 1 New All India Jharkhand Party 272563 1 New Shiv Sena 227468 0 New Shoshit Dal Bihar 193389 0 New Socialist Unity Centre of India 157703 0 New Republican Party of India 153794 1 0 Janta Party 139091 0 New All Party Hill Leaders Conference 90772 1 0 United Front of Nagaland 89514 1 New Hindu Mahasabha 73191 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League 72131 0 New Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 66669 0 New Hindustani Shoshit Dal 65925 0 New Revolutionary Communist Party of India 65622 0 New Lok Sewak Sangh 62527 0 New Jana Congress 60103 0 0 Nagaland Nationalist Organisation 58511 0 –1 United Goans – Seqveria Group 58401 1 0 Socialist Party 55064 0 New Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 54597 0 New Proutist Bloc of India 43849 0 New Telangana Congress 43548 0 New Minorities Labour Party 41198 0 New Indian Socialist Party 38713 0 New Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh 36526 0 New Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh 34070 0 New Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party 31729 0 New Manipur Peoples Party 31029 0 New Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad 24093 0 New Republican Party of India (Ambedkarite) 22428 0 New Backward Classes Mahasabha 6929 0 New Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) 6198 0 New Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party 4982 0 New Independents 12279629 14 –21 Appointed membersTwo representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency. 3 0 4934526 274189132 –2 ECI 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 50pxWest BengalPresident's Rule Left Front United Left Democratic Front Ajoy Mukherjee 50px Orissa Swatantra Party Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Independent politician Independent Bishwanath Das50px Legislative Assembly elections Orissa 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Party No. of candidates No. of elected No. of votes % Indian National Congress (Indira) 129 51 1240668 28.18% Utkal Congress 139 33 1055826 23.99% Swatantra Party 115 36 767815 17.44% Praja Socialist Party 50 4 267768 6.08% Orissa Jana Congress 66 1 227056 5.16% Communist Party of India 29 4 210811 4.79% Indian National Congress (Organization) 50 1 79460 1.81% All India Jharkhand Party 14 4 72291 1.64% Samyukta Socialist Party 15 0 53271 1.21% Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11 2 52785 1.20% Bharatiya Jana Sangh 21 0 30824 0.70% All India Forward Bloc 4 0 8393 0,19% Socialist Unity Centre of India 1 0 2093 0.05% Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand 1 0 532 0.01% Independents 190 4 332327 7.55% Total: 835 140 Tamil Nadu 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Source: Election Commission of India Election Commission of India 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 19 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 6 October 2010 File:India Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1971.svgAlliancesPartyPopular VoteVote %Seats contestedSeats wonChangeProgressive FrontSeats: 205Seat Change: +26Popular Vote: 8,506,078 Popular Vote %: 54.30% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 7,654,935 48.58% 203 184 47Communist Party of India 364,803 2.32% 10 8 6All India Forward Bloc 268,721 1.71% 9 7 6Praja Socialist Party 147,985 0.94% 4 4 —Indian Union Muslim League 69,634 0.44% 2 2 1Democratic FrontSeats: 21 Seat Change: -50 Popular Vote: 6,016,530Popular Vote %: 38.18%Indian National Congress 5,513,894 34.99% 201 15 36Swatantra Party 465,145 2.95% 19 6 14Socialist Party (India) 37,491 0.24% 2 0 —OthersSeats: 8 Seat Change: Popular Vote: 1,234,193Popular Vote %: 7.52% Independent (politician) 965,379 6.13% 256 8 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 259,298 1.65% 37 0 Total10 Political Parties15,756,801 — —234 — West Bengal 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Communist Party of India (Marxist) 113 80 Jyoti Basu Congress (R) 105 55 Communist Party of India 13 30 Socialist Unity Centre of India 7 7 Indian Union Muslim League 7 0 Bangla Congress 5 33 Ajoy Mukherjee ULF Independents 4 new All India Forward Bloc 3 21 Revolutionary Socialist Party 3 12 Praja Socialist Party 3 5 Revolutionary Communist Party of India 3 2 Sudhindranath Kumar Congress (O) 2 Jharkhand Party 2 new Workers Party of India 2 2 new Marxist Forward Bloc 2 1 All India Gorkha League 2 4 Bharatiya Jan Sangh 1 0 Biplobi Bangla Congress 1 new Samyukta Socialist Party dissident 1 new References External links https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ Election Results - Full Statistical Reports Election Commission of India Category:1971 elections in India India Category:1971 in India Category:Elections in India by year