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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1971
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1967 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = Indian general election, 1977 (Jammu and Kashmir)
| next_year = 1977
| election_date = 3 April
| map_image = Jammu and Kashmir in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = Jammu and Kashmir
| ongoing =
}}

'''The [[1971 Indian general election]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]''' to the [[5th Lok Sabha]] were held for 6 seats. [[Indian National Congress]] won 5 seats and an independent candidate from Srinagar constituency won 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1971-election-results.html|title=1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2018-04-08}}</ref>

== Constituency Details ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!Electors
!Voters
!Polling %
|-
|[[Baramulla district|Baramulla]]
|370345
|187484
|50.62
|-
|[[Srinagar district|Srinagar]]
|371494
| 218752
| 58.88
|-
|[[Anantnag district|Anantnag]]
|393878
|264867
|67.25
|-
|[[Ladakh]]
|52654
|37521
|71.26
|-
|[[Udhampur district|Udhampur]]
|425780
|218069
|51.22
|-
|[[Jammu]]
|483472
|292392
|60.48
|}
<ref>STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1971 TO THE FIFTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_II_LS71.pdf</ref>

== Results ==

=== Party-wise Results ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Party Name
! colspan="3" | Popular vote
! colspan="3" | Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Contested
! Won
! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| colspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 6,30,690
| 54.06
| {{increase}} 3.54
| 6
| 5
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
| colspan="3"|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
| 1,42,750
| 12.23
| {{decrease}} 8.11
| 3
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
| colspan="3"|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
| 12,658
| 1.08
| {{steady}}
| 2
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
| colspan="3"|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]
| 5,332
| 0.46
| {{steady}}
| 1
| 0
| {{steady}}
|-
| {{Party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
| colspan="3" | [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
| 3,75,316
| 32.17
| {{increase}} 31.60
| 20
| 1
| {{increase}} 1
|-
! colspan="4" | Total
! 11,66,746
! 100%
! -
! 32
! 6
! -
|}

=== List of Elected MPs ===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner-up
! colspan="2" |Margin
|-
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
! data-sort-type=number | %
!Candidate
! colspan="2" |Party
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
!data-sort-type=number | Votes
!data-sort-type=number | %
|-
!1
|[[Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency|Baramulla]]
|Syed Ahmad Aga
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|93,041
|51.02
|Syed Ali Shah Gilani
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|78,543
|43.07
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|14,498
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|7.95
|-

!2
|[[Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Srinagar]]
|Shamim Ahmad Shamim
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|128,948
|61.78
|Bakhshi Gulam Mohd
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|71,140
|34.08
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|57,808
|style="background:{{party color|Independent}} ; color:black;"|27.70
|-

!3
|[[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]
|Mohmad Shaffi Qureshi
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|150,827
|60.30
|Peep Gulam Nabi Shah
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|90,434
|36.15
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|60,393
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|24.15
|-

!4
|[[Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency|Ladakh]]
|Kushok Bakula
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|20,783
|55.41
|Sonam Wahgdus
|{{Party color cell|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|16,726
|44.59
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|4,057
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|10.82
|-

!5
|[[Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Udhampur]]
|Karan Singh
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|125,890
|60.97
|Baldev Singh
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
|53,303
|25.82
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|72,587
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|35.15
|-

!6
|[[Jammu Lok Sabha constituency|Jammu]]
|Inderjit Malhotra
|{{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| scope="row" style="text-align: centre;" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|169,009
|60.04
|Abdul Rehman
|{{Party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|BJS]]
|84,213
|29.91
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|84,796
|style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"|30.13
|-
|}

== See also ==

* [[Elections in Jammu and Kashmir]]

== References ==
<references />

{{Jammu and Kashmir elections}}

[[Category:Indian general elections in Jammu and Kashmir|1971]]
[[Category:1970s in Jammu and Kashmir|1971]]
[[Category:1971 Indian general election by state or union territory|Jammu]]

1971 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir - Revision history

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