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'''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Election of India 1971, 5th Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf|archivedate=18 July 2014|accessdate=13 January 2010|publisher=Election Commission of India|page=6|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Under the leadership of [[Indira Gandhi]], the [[Indian National Congress (R)]] led a campaign which focused on [[Garibi Hatao|reducing poverty]] and won a landslide victory, overcoming a split in the party and regaining many of the seats lost in the previous election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-07|title=INKredible India: The story of 1971 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know|url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/the-story-of-1971-lok-sabha-election-all-you-need-to-know-2185812.html|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Zee News|language=en}}</ref>

In Gujarat, INC and the new party NCO won 11 seats each while the Swatantra party only managed to get 2 seats.

== Party-wise results summary==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Seats won
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|11
|-
|
|NCO
|11
|-
|
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|2
|-
|}

== Results- Constituency wise ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!No
!Constituency
!Winner
!Party
|-
!1
|[[Kachchh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kachchh]]
|MAHIPATRAY M. MEHTA
| INC
|-
!2
|[[Surendranagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surendranagar]]
|RASIKLAL PARIKH
|INC
|-
!3
|[[Rajkot (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rajkot]]
|GHANSHYAMBHAI OZA
|INC
|-
!4
|[[Jamnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jamnagar]]
|DAULATSINHJI PRATAPSNJI JADEJA
|INC
|-
!5
|[[Junagadh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Junagadh]]
|NANJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI VEKARIA
|INC
|-
!6
|[[Amreli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amreli]]
|JIVRAJ NARAYAN MEHTA
|INC
|-
!7
|[[Bhavnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mahesana]]
|NATWARLAL AMRUTLAL PATEL
| |NCO
|-
!12
|[[Patan (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]]
|MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI
| |NCO
|-
!23
|MANDAVI (ST)
|AMARSINHBHAI ZINABHAI CHAUDHARI
| |INC
|-
!24
|BULSAR (ST)
|NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL
| |NCO
|}

==References==
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{{Gujarat elections}}

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