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]
In Gujarat, INC and the new party NCO won 11 seats each while the Swatantra party only managed to get 2 seats.
Party | Seats won | |
---|---|---|
Indian National Congress | 11 | |
NCO | 11 | |
Swatantra Party | 2 |
No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kachchh | MAHIPATRAY M. MEHTA | INC |
2 | Surendranagar | RASIKLAL PARIKH | INC |
3 | Rajkot | GHANSHYAMBHAI OZA | INC |
4 | Jamnagar | DAULATSINHJI PRATAPSNJI JADEJA | INC |
5 | Junagadh | NANJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI VEKARIA | INC |
6 | Amreli | JIVRAJ NARAYAN MEHTA | INC |
7 | Bhavnagar | PRASANWVADAN MANILAL MEHTA | NCO |
8 | DHANDHUKA | H. M. PATEL | SWA |
9 | AHMEDABAD | INDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIK | NCO |
10 | GANDHINAGAR (SC) | SOMCHANDBHAI MANUBHAI SOLANKI | NCO |
11 | Mahesana | NATWARLAL AMRUTLAL PATEL | NCO |
12 | Patan (SC) | KHEMCHANBHAI SOMABHAI CHAVDA | NCO |
13 | BANASKANTHA | POPATLAL M. JOSHI | INC |
14 | SABARKANTHA | CHANDULAL CHUNILAL DESAI | NCO |
15 | DOHAD (ST) | BHALJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI PARMAR | NCO |
16 | GODHRA | PILOO HOMI MODY | SWA |
17 | KAIRA | DHARMASINH DADUBHAI DESAI | NCO |
18 | Anand | PRAVINSINHJI NATVARSINHJI SOLANKI | NCO |
19 | BARODA | FATESINHRAO PRATAP SINHRAO | NCO |
20 | DABHOI | PRABHUDAS KHUSHALBHAI PATEL | INC |
21 | BROACH | T. S. MANSINHJI BHASAHES | INC |
22 | Surat | MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI | NCO |
23 | MANDAVI (ST) | AMARSINHBHAI ZINABHAI CHAUDHARI | INC |
24 | BULSAR (ST) | NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL | NCO |