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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1971
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1967
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh, 1977
| next_year = 1977
| election_date = November 1971
| seats_for_election = 41 seats
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = Congress alliance
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats1 = 28
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 = 7,286,069
| percentage1 = 55.73%
| swing1 =
| image2 =
| leader2 = [[Marri Chenna Reddy]]
| leaders_seat2 =
| party2 = Telangana Praja Samithi
| alliance2 = Nonpartisan
| seats2 = 10
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 = 1,873,589
| percentage2 = 14.33%
| swing2 =
| map_image = Andhra Pradesh in India (1956-2014).png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| title =
| posttitle =
| before_election = Indian National Congress
| before_party =
| after_election =
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}
The [[1971 Indian general election]] polls in [[Andhra Pradesh]] were held for 42 seats in the state. The result was a victory for the [[Indian National Congress]] which won 28 out of 42 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eci.gov.in/past-elections-statistics/|title=Past Election Results|website=Election Commission of India|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-05-20}}</ref> This election also saw introduction of [[Telangana Praja Samithi]] which won 10 out of the 14 seats it contested, mostly in the [[Telangana]] region.

==Voting and results==
===Results by alliance===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!INC
!SEATS
!TPS
!SEATS
!OTHERS
!SEATS
|-
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|28
|[[Telangana Praja Samithi|TPS]]
|10
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|1
|-
|
|
|
|
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|1
|-
|
|
|
|
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|1
|-
!TOTAL
!28
!
!10
!
!3
|-
|}

== Members elected ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Member
!Party
|-
|[[Adilabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adilabad]]
|[[Poddutoori Ganga Reddy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Amalapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amalapuram (SC)]]
|[[Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Anakapalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anakapalli]]
|S.R.A.S. Appalanaidu
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Anantapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Anantapur (SC)]]
|Ponnapati Antony Reddi
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Bapatla (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bapatla]]
|P. Ankineedu Prasada Rao
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Bhadrachalam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhadrachalam (ST)]]
|B. Radhabai Ananda Rao
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Bobbili (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bobbili]]
|K. Narayana Rao
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Pusapati Vijayram Gajapati Raju
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Chittoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chittoor]]
|P. Narasimha Reddy
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Cuddapah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddapah]]
|Yeddula Eswara Reddy
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|-
|[[Eluru (Lok Sabha constituency)|Eluru]]
|Kommareddi Suryanarayana
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Guntur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Guntur]]
|[[Kotha Raghuramaiah]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Hindupur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hindupur]]
|Pamudurthi Bayapa Reddy
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Hyderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hyderabad]]
|Dr. Gopal S. Melkote
|[[Telangana Praja Samithi]]
|-
|[[Kakinada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kakinada]]
|M.S. Sanjeevi Rao
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Karimnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karimnagar]]
|M. Satyanarayan Rao
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Khammam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khammam]]
|T. Lakshmi Kantamma
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Kurnool (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kurnool]]
|K. Kodanda Rami Reddy
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Machilipatnam]]
|Maganti Ankineedu
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Mahbubnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahbubnagar (ST)]]
|Dr. Mallikarjun
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Janumpally Rameshwar Rao
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]]
|[[Indira Gandhi]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Miryalguda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Miryalguda]]
|Bhim Narasimha Reddy
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Nagarkurnool (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagarkurnool (SC)]]
|M. Bheeshma Dev
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|V. Tulsi Ram
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|-
|[[Nalgonda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nalgonda]]
|Kancherla Ramkrishna Reddy
|[[Telangana Praja Samithi]]
|-
|[[Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandyal]]
|Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Narasapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Narasapur (SC)]]
|M.T. Raju
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Narasaraopet (Lok Sabha constituency)|Narasaraopet]]
|Maddi Sudarsanam
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Nellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nellore (SC)]]
|Doddavarapu Kamakshaiah
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Nizamabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nizamabad]]
|M. Ram Gopal Reddy
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Ongole (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ongole]]
|Puli Venkata Reddy
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Parvathipuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Parvathipuram (ST)]]
|Biddika Satyanarayana
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Peddapalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Peddapalli (SC)]]
|G. Venkatswamy
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Rajahmundry (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajahmundry (ST)]]
|S.B.P. Pattabhi Rama Rao
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Rajampet (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajampet]]
|Pothuraju Parthasarthy
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Secunderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Secunderabad]]
|M.M. Hashim
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Srikakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Srikakulam]]
|[[Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Tenali (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenali]]
|Meduri Nageswara Rao
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|[[Tirupathi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupathi (SC)]]
|Thamburu Balakrishniah
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vijayawada]]
|Dr. K.L. Rao
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Warangal]]
|S.B. Giri
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[Elections in Andhra Pradesh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in/ Website of Election Commission of India]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040541/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/stats.php CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History]

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