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
Overall Results Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 1–7 March 1971 Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi M. Karunanidhi West BengalPresident's Rule United Left Democratic Front Ajoy Mukherjee Orissa Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Independent Bishwanath Das
Legislative Assembly elections Orissa
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
Source: Election Commission of India AlliancesPartyPopular VoteVote %Seats contestedSeats wonChangeProgressive FrontSeats: 205Seat Change: +26Popular Vote: 8,506,078 Popular Vote %: 54.30% 7,654,935 48.58% 203 184 47 364,803 2.32% 10 8 6 268,721 1.71% 9 7 6 147,985 0.94% 4 4 — 69,634 0.44% 2 2 1Democratic FrontSeats: 21 Seat Change: -50 Popular Vote: 6,016,530Popular Vote %: 38.18% 5,513,894 34.99% 201 15 36 465,145 2.95% 19 6 14 37,491 0.24% 2 0 —OthersSeats: 8 Seat Change: Popular Vote: 1,234,193Popular Vote %: 7.52% 965,379 6.13% 256 8 259,298 1.65% 37 0 Total10 Political Parties15,756,801 — —234 —
West Bengal
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