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India Lok Sabha Election, 1971

518 seats · vs 1967 (521-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 53.3%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1971 · 25 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 352 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 25 seatsCommunist Party of India — 23 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 23 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 22 seatsNCO — 16 seatsIndependent — 14 seats18 other parties — 43 seats260518of 518 seats
  • INC352
  • CPM25
  • CPI23
  • DMK23
  • BJS22
  • NCO16
  • IND14
  • Others43

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress35268%6,42,42,76143.7%442
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)255%75,10,0895.1%85
CPICommunist Party of India234%69,33,6274.7%87
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam234%57,98,3363.9%25
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh224%1,07,77,1197.3%157
NCONCO163%1,52,85,85110.4%238
INDIndependent143%1,23,33,7438.4%1136
TPSTPS102%18,73,5891.3%14
SWASwatantra Party82%44,97,9883.1%59
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party31%35,55,6392.4%93
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party31%7,24,0010.5%9
KECKerala Congress31%5,42,4310.4%3
PSPPraja Socialist Party20%15,26,0761.0%63
FBLFBL20%9,62,9710.7%24
MULMUL20%4,16,5450.3%7
BKDBhartiya Krishak Dal10%31,89,8212.2%97
SADShiromani Akali Dal10%12,79,8730.9%15
UTCUTC10%10,53,1760.7%20
BACBAC10%5,18,7810.4%14
VHPVHP10%3,52,5140.2%8

+ 34 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 260

1971 · selected
Majority 260
INC352CPM25CPI23DMK23BJS22NCO16IND14TPS10SWA8SSP3+15 more · 22 seats
1967 · previous
Majority 261

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1967 → 1971

1967 1971· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
40.9
43.7
4.2
5.1
5.1
4.7
3.9
3.9
9.2
7.3
0.0
10.4
13.8
8.4
INCCPMCPIDMKBJSNCOIND

Seat change

1971 seats minus 1967 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
283 → 352
+69
CPM
19 → 25
+6
CPI
23 → 23
0
DMK
26 → 23
−3
BJS
35 → 22
−13
NCO
0 → 16
+16
IND
35 → 14
−21
TPS
0 → 10
+10
SWA
44 → 8
−36
SSP
23 → 3
−20

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1967 → 1971

share lostshare gained
NCO
0.0% → 10.4%
+10.4%
INC
40.9% → 43.7%
+2.8%
BKD
0.0% → 2.2%
+2.2%
TPS
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
CPM
4.2% → 5.1%
+0.9%
SAD
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
UTC
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
RSP
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
RPK
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%
CPI
5.1% → 4.7%
−0.3%

Biggest INC–CPM swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPM vote gap moved most, 1967 → 1971. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPM share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPM.

toward CPMtoward INC
Trichur
Kerala
−88.0%
Mavelikara
Kerala
−78.3%
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
+69.9%
Nagercoil
Tamil Nadu
−63.2%
Barasat
West Bengal
−62.1%
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
+61.6%
Amalapuram
Andhra Pradesh
+61.5%
Anantnag
Jammu & Kashmir
+60.3%
Adoor
Kerala
−59.8%
Burdwan
West Bengal
−56.2%
Ladakh
Jammu & Kashmir
+55.4%
Serampore
West Bengal
−55.3%

All constituencies · 1971

518 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1967