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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1971
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Madras, 1967
| previous_year = 1967
| next_election = Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1977
| next_year = 1977
| election_date = November 1971
| seats_for_election = 39 (of 518) seats to the Lok Sabha
| image1 =[[File:M._Karunanidhi_.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| party1 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| leaders_seat1 = ''Did not contest''
| seats1 = 38
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 12
| popular_vote1 = 8,869,095
| percentage1 = 55.61%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 16.72%
| image2 = [[File:K_Kamaraj_1976_stamp_of_India.jpg|130x130px]]
| leader2 = [[K. Kamaraj]]
| leaders_seat2 = [[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress (Organisation)
| seats2 = 1
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote2 = 6,333,227
| percentage2 = 42.94%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 33.78%

| map_image = Tamil Nadu in India.png
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Tamil Nadu]]

| title =
| posttitle =
| before_election = Indian National Congress
| before_party =
| after_election =
| after_party = Indian National Congress
}}
The [[1971 Indian general election]] polls in [[Tamil Nadu]] were held for 39 seats in the state. After winning in 1967, DMK supported the Congress party under [[Indira Gandhi]], and the 25 DMK MPs, ensured her to stay in power as a minority government, from 1969–1971.<ref name="A">{{cite book | title=Postcolonial insecurities: India, Sri Lanka, and the question of nationhood| last=Krishna|first=Sankaran| year=1999| publisher=University of Minnesota Press|pages=87| isbn=9781452903873| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=__6PDx2CyLkC&q=dmk%20alliance%201967&pg=PA87}}</ref> This state was crucial for [[Indira Gandhi]] to hold, in order for her to stay in power. The result was a victory for [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]] and its ally [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] winning 38 seats (with 5 seats going to the Left Front), while [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Opposition Congress]] and [[Swatantra Party]] could only win 1 seat. DMK won every seat it contested except the seat contested by [[K. Kamarajar]] in [[Nagercoil]].

==Voting and results==

===Results by Alliance===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|[[Indian National Congress (Indira)|INC(I)+]]
! style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|[[National Democratic Front (Alliance)|NDF]]
! style="background-color:#007D48; color:white"|SEATS
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|OTHERS
! style="background-color:#DDDDDD; color:white"|SEATS
|----
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|23
|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|NCO]]
|1
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|0
|----
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|9
|[[Swatantra Party|SWA]]
|0
|
|
|----
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|4
|
|
|
|
|----
|[[All India Forward Bloc|FBL]]
|1
|
|
|
|
|----
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]/[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]
|1
|
|
|
|
|----
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (1971)
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|38
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1971)
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|1
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (1971)
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|0
|----
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|TOTAL (1967)
| bgcolor=#FFE6E6|28
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|TOTAL (1967)
| bgcolor=#E6FFE6|6
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|TOTAL (1967)
| bgcolor=#DDDDDD|5
|}

== List of Elected MPs ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Constituency
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Winner
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Party
! style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Margin
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Runner-up<sup>a</sup>
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Party<sup>a</sup>
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madras North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras North]]
|[[Krishnan Manoharan]]
|DMK
|51,594
|[[S. G. Vinayaga Moorthy]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madras South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madras South]]
|[[Murasoli Maran]]
|DMK
|20,341
|[[Narasimhan (politician)|Narasimhan]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur (SC)]]
|[[T. S. Lakshmanan]]
|DMK
|100,046
|[[P. Kakkan]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chengalpattu]]
|[[C. Chitti Babu]]
|DMK
|118,756
|[[P. M. Muthukumarappa]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Thiruttani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruttani]]
|[[O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar]]
|INC
|84,105
|[[P. Ramachandran]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Vellore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vellore (SC)]]
|[[R. P. Ulaganambi]]
|DMK
|85,321
|[[T. Manavalan]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruppattur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruppattur]]
|[[C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder]]
|DMK
|55,063
|[[N. Parthasarathy]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Vandavasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vandavasi]]
|[[G. Viswanathan]]
|DMK
|87,955
|[[A. Krishnaswamy]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tindivanam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tindivanam]]
|[[M. R. Lakshmi Narayanan]]
|INC
|61,475
|[[M. P. Radhakrishnan]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Cuddalore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuddalore]]
|[[S. Radhakrishnan]]
|INC
|36,487
|[[R. Muthukumaran]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram (SC)]]
|[[V. Mayavan]]
|DMK
|22,398
|[[L. Elaya Perumal]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Kallakurichi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kallakurichi]]
|[[M. Deiveekan]]
|DMK
|21,976
|[[K. Veerasamy]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]]
|[[T. Thirthagiri Gounder]]
|INC
|34,920
|[[T. M. Thirupathy]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]]
|[[E. R. Krishnan]]
|DMK
|54,796
|[[M. P. Subramanyam]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Mettur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mettur]]
|[[G. Bhuvarahan]]
|INC
|66,140
|[[K. Ramamurthy]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchengode]]
|[[M. Muthusami]]
|DMK
|60,047
|[[T. M. Kaliannan]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nilgiris]]
|[[J. Matha Gowder]]
|DMK
|61,094
|[[Akkamma Devi]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|[[K. Baladhandayutham]]
|CPI
|77,053
|[[Ramaswamy]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Pollachi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pollachi]]
|[[Narayanan (Pollachi MP)|Narayanan]]
|DMK
|126,206
|[[K. R. Nallasivam]]
|SSP
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Dharapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharapuram (SC)]]
|[[C. T. Dhandapani]]
|DMK
|116,186
|[[K. Paramalai]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Gobichettipalayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gobichettipalayam]]
|[[P. A. Saminathan]]
|DMK
|60,492
|[[E. V. K. Sampath]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Periyakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Periyakulam]]
|[[S. M. Muhammed Sheriff]]
|IND/[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]
|41,925
|[[H. Ajmal Khan]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dindigul]]
|[[M. Rajangam]]
|DMK
|97,635
|[[M. Cheemachamy]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Madurai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Madurai]]
|[[R. V. Swaminathan]]
|INC
|72,359
|[[S. Chinnakaruppa Thevar]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]
|[[K. Gopal]]
|INC
|73,293
|[[V. Ramanathan]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchirappalli]]
|[[M. Kalyanasundaram]]
|CPI
|20,550
|[[S. P. Thangavelu]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Perambalur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Perambalur (SC)]]
|[[A. Durairaju]]
|DMK
|61,569
|[[M. Ayyakannu]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pudukkottai]]
|[[K. Veeriah]]
|DMK
|48,395
|[[R. Vijaya Raghunatha Thondaiman]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Kumbakonam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kumbakonam]]
|[[Era Sezhiyan]]
|DMK
|38,753
|[[C. R. Ramasamy]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Mayuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mayuram]]
|[[K. Subravelu]]
|DMK
|66,373
|[[K. Rajangam]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Nagapattinam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagapattinam]]
|[[M. Kathamuthu]]
|CPI
|87,727
|[[V. Sabasivam]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Thanjavur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thanjavur]]
|[[S. D. Somasundaram]]
|DMK
|100,008
|[[R. Krishnasamy Gopalar]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]]
|[[Tha. Kiruttinan]]
|DMK
|100,008
|[[Kannappa Valliappan]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Ramanathapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ramanathapuram]]
|[[P. K. Mookiah Thevar]]
|FBL
|69,155
|[[S. Balakrishnan (Mudukulathur MLA)|S. Balakrishnan]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Sivakasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivakasi]]
|[[V. Jeyalakshmi]]
|INC
|85,662
|[[R. Gopalakrishnan]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tirunelveli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirunelveli]]
|[[S. A. Muruganantham]]
|CPI
|59,937
|[[S. Palaniswaminathan]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tenkasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tenkasi (SC)]]
|[[A. M. Chellachami]]
|INC
|68,910
|[[R. S. Arumugam]]
|NCO
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Tiruchendur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchendur]]
|[[M. S. Sivasamy]]
|DMK
|26
|[[M. Mathias]]
|SWA
|-bgcolor=#E6E6E6
|[[Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagercoil]]
|[[K. Kamaraj]]
|NCO
|100,553
|[[M. C. Balan]]
|DMK
|-
|}

== See also ==
*[[Elections in Tamil Nadu]]

== Bibliography ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175452/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha]
*[https://www.jstor.org/stable/4381530?seq=2 DMK on the Defensive Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 6, No. 3/5, Annual Number (Jan., 1971), pp. 189–190 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist |2}}

==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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