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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
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Overall Results
| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election | Maps | ||
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| 1–7 March 1971 | Tamil Nadu | Template:Full party name with color | M. Karunanidhi | Template:Full party name with color | M. Karunanidhi | 
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| West Bengal | President's Rule | Template:Party color cell | United Left Democratic Front | Ajoy Mukherjee | 
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| Orissa | Template:Full party name with color | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Template:Party color cell | Independent | Bishwanath Das | 
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Legislative Assembly elections
| 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 |
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| Alliances | Party | Popular Vote | Vote % | Seats contested | Seats won | Change | |||
| Progressive Front Seats: 205 Seat Change: +26 Popular Vote: 8,506,078 Popular Vote %: 54.30% |
Template:Full party name with color | 7,654,935 | 48.58% | 203 | 184 | Template:Increase47 | |||
| Template:Full party name with color | 364,803 | 2.32% | 10 | 8 | Template:Increase6 | ||||
| Template:Full party name with color | 268,721 | 1.71% | 9 | 7 | Template:Increase6 | ||||
| Template:Full party name with color | 147,985 | 0.94% | 4 | 4 | — | ||||
| Template:Full party name with color | 69,634 | 0.44% | 2 | 2 | Template:Decrease1 | ||||
| Democratic Front Seats: 21 Seat Change: -50 Popular Vote: 6,016,530 Popular Vote %: 38.18% |
Template:Full party name with color | 5,513,894 | 34.99% | 201 | 15 | Template:Decrease36 | |||
| Template:Full party name with color | 465,145 | 2.95% | 19 | 6 | Template:Decrease14 | ||||
| Template:Full party name with color | 37,491 | 0.24% | 2 | 0 | — | ||||
| Others Seats: 8 Seat Change: Popular Vote: 1,234,193 Popular Vote %: 7.52% |
Template:Full party name with color | 965,379 | 6.13% | 256 | 8 | ||||
| Template:Full party name with color | 259,298 | 1.65% | 37 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 Political Parties | 15,756,801 | — | — | 234 | — | |||
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References
- ↑ 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 April 2009.