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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1970 elections in India
| previous_year = 1970
| election_date = 1971
| next_election = 1972 elections in India
| next_year = 1972
}}
{{Politics of India}}
'''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==
{{Main|1971 Indian general election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1971.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress (R)]]|votes1=64033274|seats1=352|sc1=+69
|party2=[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]|votes2=15285851|seats2=16|sc2=New
|party3=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes3=10777119|seats3=22|sc3=–13
|party4=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes4=7510089|seats4=25|sc4=+6
|party5=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes5=6933627|seats5=23|sc5=0
|party6=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes6=5622758|seats6=23|sc6=–2
|party7=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes7=4497988|seats7=8|sc7=–36
|party8=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes8=3555639|seats8=3|sc8=–20
|party9=[[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]]|votes9=3189821|seats9=1|sc9=New
|party10=[[Telangana Praja Samithi]]|votes10=1873589|seats10=10|sc10=New
|party11=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes11=1526076|seats11=2|sc11=–11
|party12=[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]|votes12=1279873|seats12=1|sc12=New
|party13=[[Utkal Congress]]|votes13=1053176|seats13=1|sc13=New
|party14=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes14=962971|seats14=2|sc14=0
|party15=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes15=741535|seats15=0|sc15=–2
|party16=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes16=724001|seats16=3|sc16=New
|party17=[[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]|votes17=542662|seats17=0|sc17=New
|party18=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes18=542431|seats18=3|sc18=+3
|party19=[[Bangla Congress]]|votes19=518781|seats19=1|sc19=–4
|party20=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes20=416545|seats20=2|sc20=0
|party21=[[Vishal Haryana Party]]|votes21=352514|seats21=1|sc21=New
|party22=[[All India Jharkhand Party]]|votes22=272563|seats22=1|sc22=New
|party23=[[Shiv Sena]]|votes23=227468|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=Shoshit Dal Bihar|votes24=193389|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|Socialist Unity Centre of India]]|votes25=157703|seats25=0|sc25=New
|party26=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes26=153794|seats26=1|sc26=0
|party27=Janta Party|votes27=139091|seats27=0|sc27=New
|party28=[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]|votes28=90772|seats28=1|sc28=0
|party29=[[United Front of Nagaland]]|votes29=89514|seats29=1|sc29=New
|party30=[[Hindu Mahasabha]]|votes30=73191|seats30=0|sc30=New
|party31=[[Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League]]|votes31=72131|seats31=0|sc31=New
|party32=[[Bihar Prant Hul Jharkhand]]|votes32=66669|seats32=0|sc32=New
|party33=Hindustani Shoshit Dal|votes33=65925|seats33=0|sc33=New
|party34=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]|votes34=65622|seats34=0|sc34=New
|party35=[[Lok Sewak Sangh]]|votes35=62527|seats35=0|sc35=New
|party36=[[Jana Congress]]|votes36=60103|seats36=0|sc36=0
|party37=[[Nagaland Nationalist Organisation]]|votes37=58511|seats37=0|sc37=–1
|party38=[[United Goans Party|United Goans – Seqveria Group]]|votes38=58401|seats38=1|sc38=0
|party39=[[Socialist Party (India, 1948)|Socialist Party]]|votes39=55064|seats39=0|sc39=New
|party40=[[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]]|votes40=54597|seats40=0|sc40=New
|party41=Proutist Bloc of India|votes41=43849|seats41=0|sc41=New
|party42=[[Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee|Telangana Congress]]|votes42=43548|seats42=0|sc42=New
|party43=Minorities Labour Party|votes43=41198|seats43=0|sc43=New
|party44=[[Indian Socialist Party]]|votes44=38713|seats44=0|sc44=New
|party45=[[All India Muslim Majlis (Dr. Faridi)|Muslim Majlis Uttar Pradesh]]|votes45=36526|seats45=0|sc45=New
|party46=[[Lok Raj Party Himachal Pradesh]]|votes46=34070|seats46=0|sc46=New
|party47=Uttar Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Party|votes47=31729|seats47=0|sc47=New
|party48=[[Manipur Peoples Party]]|votes48=31029|seats48=0|sc48=New
|party49=[[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]]|votes49=24093|seats49=0|sc49=New
|party50=Republican Party of India (Ambedkarite)|votes50=22428|seats50=0|sc50=New
|party51=Backward Classes Mahasabha|votes51=6929|seats51=0|sc51=New
|party52=Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|votes52=6198|seats52=0|sc52=New
|party53=Chota Nagpur Bhumi Rakshak Party|votes53=4982|seats53=0|sc53=New
|party54=Independents|votes54=12279629|seats54=14|sc54=–21
|row55=Appointed members{{efn|Two representing [[Anglo-Indians]] and one representing the [[North-East Frontier Agency]].}}|seats55=3|sc55=0
|invalid=4934526
|electorate=274189132
|total_sc=–2
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4115-general-election-1971-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9746&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663 ECI]
}}
{{notelist}}

==Overall Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
| 1–7 March 1971
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| [[File:IN-TN.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
| colspan="2" align="center" |[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
| {{party color cell|Left Front}}
| United Left Democratic Front
|[[Ajoy Mukherjee]]
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]
|-
|
| [[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|Orissa]]
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
| [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]]
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[Bishwanath Das]]
|[[File:IN-OD.svg|50px]]
|-
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===[[Odisha|Orissa]]===
{{Main|1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
| [[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]]===
{{Main|1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
'''Source''': Election Commission of India<ref>{{cite web
| last = Election Commission of India
| title = 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results
| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf
| access-date = 19 April 2009
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf
| archive-date = 6 October 2010}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=10|[[File:India Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 1971.svg]]
|-
!Alliances
!colspan="2"|Party
!Popular Vote
!Vote %
!Seats contested
!Seats won
!Change
|-
|align=left rowspan=5 valign=top|[[DMK+|Progressive Front]] '''Seats:''' 205 '''Seat Change: '''+26 '''Popular Vote:''' 8,506,078 '''Popular Vote %:''' 54.30%
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|align=center| 7,654,935
|align=center| 48.58%
|align=center| 203
|align=center| 184
|align=center| {{increase}}47
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|align=center| 364,803
|align=center| 2.32%
|align=center| 10
|align=center| 8
|align=center| {{increase}}6
|-
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
|align=center| 268,721
|align=center| 1.71%
|align=center| 9
|align=center| 7
|align=center| {{increase}}6
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|align=center| 147,985
|align=center| 0.94%
|align=center| 4
|align=center| 4
|align=center| —
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}
|align=center| 69,634
|align=center| 0.44%
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 2
|align=center| {{decrease}}1
|-
|align=left rowspan=3 valign=top|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Democratic Front]] '''Seats: ''' 21 '''Seat Change: '''-50 '''Popular Vote:''' 6,016,530 '''Popular Vote %:''' 38.18%
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|align=center| 5,513,894
|align=center| 34.99%
|align=center| 201
|align=center| 15
|align=center| {{decrease}}36
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}
|align=center| 465,145
|align=center| 2.95%
|align=center| 19
|align=center| 6
|align=center| {{decrease}}14
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}
|align=center| 37,491
|align=center| 0.24%
|align=center| 2
|align=center| 0
|align=center| —
|-
|align=left rowspan=2 valign=top|Others '''Seats:''' 8 '''Seat Change: ''' '''Popular Vote:''' 1,234,193 '''Popular Vote %:''' 7.52%
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|align=center| 965,379
|align=center| 6.13%
|align=center| 256
|align=center| 8
|align=center|
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align=center| 259,298
|align=center| 1.65%
|align=center| 37
|align=center| 0
|align=center|
|-
!Total
! colspan="2" |10 Political Parties
!15,756,801
! —
! —
!234
! —
|}

===[[West Bengal]]===
{{Main|1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Infobox legislative election
|election_name= 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
|party1 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|seats1 = 113
| last_election1 = 80
| leader1 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
|party2 = [[Indian National Congress|Congress (R)]]
|seats2 = 105
| last_election2 = 55
|party3 = [[Communist Party of India]]
|seats3 = 13
| last_election3 = 30
|party4 = [[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
|seats4 = 7
| last_election4 = 7
|party5 = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|seats5 = 7
| last_election5 = 0
|party6 = [[Bangla Congress]]
|seats6 = 5
| last_election6 = 33
| leader6 = [[Ajoy Mukherjee]]
|party7 = ULF Independents
|seats7 = 4
| last_election7 = new
|party8 = [[All India Forward Bloc]]
|seats8 = 3
| last_election8 = 21
|party9 = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|seats9 = 3
| last_election9 = 12
|party10 = [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|seats10 = 3
| last_election10 = 5
|party11 = [[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]
|seats11 = 3
| last_election11 = 2
| leader11 = [[Sudhindranath Kumar]]
|party12 = [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Congress (O)]]
|seats12 = 2
|party13 = [[Jharkhand Party]]
|seats13 = 2
| last_election13 = new
|party14 = [[Workers Party of India]]
|seats14 = 2
| last_election14 = 2
| last_election12 = new
|party15= [[Marxist Forward Bloc]]
|seats15 = 2
| last_election15 = 1
|party16 = [[All India Gorkha League]]
|seats16 = 2
| last_election16 = 4
|party17 = [[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
|seats17 = 1
| last_election17 = 0
|party18 = [[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]
|seats18 = 1
| last_election18 = new
|party19 = [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] dissident
|seats19 = 1
| last_election19 = new
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}

{{Indian elections}}

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SherleneGirardi at 21:35, 27 February 2026