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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.

## General Election

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Main article: 1971 Indian general election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Indian National Congress (R)| 64,033,274| 43.68| 352| +69
| Indian National Congress (Organisation)| 15,285,851| 10.43| 16| New
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 10,777,119| 7.35| 22| –13
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 7,510,089| 5.12| 25| +6
| Communist Party of India| 6,933,627| 4.73| 23| 0
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam| 5,622,758| 3.84| 23| –2
| Swatantra Party| 4,497,988| 3.07| 8| –36
| Samyukta Socialist Party| 3,555,639| 2.43| 3| –20
| Bharatiya Kranti Dal| 3,189,821| 2.18| 1| New
| Telangana Praja Samithi| 1,873,589| 1.28| 10| New
| Praja Socialist Party| 1,526,076| 1.04| 2| –11
| Shiromani Akali Dal| 1,279,873| 0.87| 1| New
| Utkal Congress| 1,053,176| 0.72| 1| New
| All India Forward Bloc| 962,971| 0.66| 2| 0
| Peasants and Workers Party of India| 741,535| 0.51| 0| –2
| Revolutionary Socialist Party| 724,001| 0.49| 3| New
| Republican Party of India (Khobragade)| 542,662| 0.37| 0| New
| Kerala Congress| 542,431| 0.37| 3| +3
| Bangla Congress| 518,781| 0.35| 1| –4
| Indian Union Muslim League| 416,545| 0.28| 2| 0
| Vishal Haryana Party| 352,514| 0.24| 1| New
| All India Jharkhand Party| 272,563| 0.19| 1| New
| Shiv Sena| 227,468| 0.16| 0| New
| Shoshit Dal Bihar| 193,389| 0.13| 0| New
| Socialist Unity Centre of India| 157,703| 0.11| 0| New
| Republican Party of India| 153,794| 0.10| 1| 0
| Janta Party| 139,091| 0.09| 0| New
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference| 90,772| 0.06| 1| 0
| United Front of Nagaland| 89,514| 0.06| 1| New
| Hindu Mahasabha| 73,191| 0.05| 0| New
| Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League| 72,131| 0.05| 0| New
| Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand| 66,669| 0.05| 0| New
| Hindustani Shoshit Dal| 65,925| 0.04| 0| New
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India| 65,622| 0.04| 0| New
| Lok Sewak Sangh| 62,527| 0.04| 0| New
| Jana Congress| 60,103| 0.04| 0| 0
| Nagaland Nationalist Organisation| 58,511| 0.04| 0| –1
| United Goans – Seqveria Group| 58,401| 0.04| 1| 0
| Socialist Party| 55,064| 0.04| 0| New
| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party| 54,597| 0.04| 0| New
| Proutist Bloc of India| 43,849| 0.03| 0| New
| Telangana Congress| 43,548| 0.03| 0| New
| Minorities Labour Party| 41,198| 0.03| 0| New
| Indian Socialist Party| 38,713| 0.03| 0| New
| Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh| 36,526| 0.02| 0| New
| Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh| 34,070| 0.02| 0| New
| Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party| 31,729| 0.02| 0| New
| Manipur Peoples Party| 31,029| 0.02| 0| New
| Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad| 24,093| 0.02| 0| New
| Republican Party of India (Ambedkarite)| 22,428| 0.02| 0| New
| Backward Classes Mahasabha| 6,929| 0.00| 0| New
| Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)| 6,198| 0.00| 0| New
| Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party| 4,982| 0.00| 0| New
| Independents| 12,279,629| 8.38| 14| –21
Appointed members[a]| | 3| 0
Total| 146,602,276| 100.00| 521| –2
Valid votes| 146,602,276| 96.74|
Invalid/blank votes| 4,934,526| 3.26|
Total votes| 151,536,802| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 274,189,132| 55.27|
Source: ECI

1. ^ Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.

## Overall Results

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Date(s)  | State  | Government before election  | Chief Minister before election  | Government after election  | Chief Minister after election  | Maps

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1–7 March 1971  | Tamil Nadu |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi |
| West Bengal |  | President's Rule |  | United Left Democratic Front  | Ajoy Mukherjee |
| Orissa |  | Swatantra Party | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo |  | Independent | Bishwanath Das |

## Legislative Assembly elections

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### Orissa

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Main article: 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Party  | No. of candidates  | No. of elected  | No. of votes  | %

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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

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Main article: 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election

Source: Election Commission of India[1]

Alliances  | Party  | Popular Vote  | Vote %  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change
Progressive Front
Seats: 205
Seat Change: +26
Popular Vote: 8,506,078
Popular Vote %: 54.30%  |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 7,654,935  | 48.58%  | 203  | 184  | 47
| Communist Party of India | 364,803  | 2.32%  | 10  | 8  | 6
| All India Forward Bloc | 268,721  | 1.71%  | 9  | 7  | 6
| Praja Socialist Party | 147,985  | 0.94%  | 4  | 4  | —
| Indian Union Muslim League | 69,634  | 0.44%  | 2  | 2  | 1
Democratic Front
Seats:  21
Seat Change: -50
Popular Vote: 6,016,530
Popular Vote %: 38.18%  |  | Indian National Congress | 5,513,894  | 34.99%  | 201  | 15  | 36
| Swatantra Party | 465,145  | 2.95%  | 19  | 6  | 14
| Socialist Party | 37,491  | 0.24%  | 2  | 0  | —
Others
Seats: 8
Seat Change:
Popular Vote: 1,234,193
Popular Vote %: 7.52%  |  | Independent | 965,379  | 6.13%  | 256  | 8  |
| Communist Party of India | 259,298  | 1.65%  | 37  | 0  |
Total  | 10 Political Parties  | 15,756,801  | —  | —  | 234  | —

### West Bengal

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Main article: 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election | Party  | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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| CPI(M) | Jyoti Basu |  | 113  | +33
| Congress (R) |  |  | 105  | +50
| Communist Party of India |  |  | 13  | −17
| Socialist Unity Centre of India |  |  | 7  | 0
| Indian Union Muslim League |  |  | 7  | +7
| Bangla Congress | Ajoy Mukherjee |  | 5  | −28
| ULF Independents |  |  | 4  | New
| 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) |  |  | 2  | New
| Jharkhand Party |  |  | 2  | New
| Workers Party of India |  |  | 2  | 0
| Marxist Forward Bloc |  |  | 2  | +1
| All India Gorkha League |  |  | 2  | −2
| Bharatiya Jan Sangh |  |  | 1  | +1
| Biplobi Bangla Congress |  |  | 1  | New
| Samyukta Socialist Party dissident  |  |  | 1  | New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

## References

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

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