518 of the 521 seats in the Lok Sabha 260 seats needed for a majority
Registered
274,189,132
Turnout
55.27% ( 5.77pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Indira Gandhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Party
INC(R)
ABJS
Last election
Party split after last election
9.31%, 35 seats
Seats won
352
22
Seat change
New
13
Popular vote
64,033,274
10,777,119
Percentage
43.68%
7.35%
Swing
New
1.96 pp
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Puchalapalli Sundarayya
K. Kamaraj
Party
CPI(M)
INC(O)
Last election
4.28%, 12 seats
Party split after last election
Seats won
25
16
Seat change
6
New
Popular vote
7,510,089
15,285,851
Percentage
5.12%
10.43%
Swing
0.84pp
New
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election
Indira Gandhi
INC(R)
Prime Minister after election
Indira Gandhi
INC(R)
General elections were held in India between 1 and 10 March 1971 to elect members of the fifth Lok Sabha. They were the fifth general elections since independence in 1947. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constituencies, each with a single seat.[2] Under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, the Indian National Congress (R) led a campaign which focused on reducing poverty and won a landslide victory, overcoming a split in the party and regaining many of the seats lost in the previous election.[3]
^India Archived 21 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine Inter-Parliamentary Union
^"General Election of India 1971, 5th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^"INKredible India: The story of 1971 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know". Zee News. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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