The 1971 Indian general election in Gujarat were held for 24 seats. It was part of election to constitute the 5th Lok Sabha in March 1971. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constituencies, each with a single seat. 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.
In Gujarat, INC and the new party NCO each won 11 seats each while the Swatantra Party only managed to get two seats.
Party wise results summary Party Seats wonINC11NCO11SWA2
Constituency wise Result NoConstituencyWinnerParty1KutchMahipatray M. Mehta2SurendranagarRasiklal Parikh3RajkotGhanshyambhai Oza4JamnagarDaulatsinhji Pratapsnji Jadeja5JunagadhNanjibhai Ravjibhai Vekaria6AmreliJivraj Narayan Mehta7BhavnagarPrasanwvadan Manilal Mehta8DhandhukaH. M. Patel9AhmedabadIndulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik10Gandhinagar (SC)Somchandbhai Manubhai Solanki11MehsanaNatwarlal Amrutlal Patel12Patan (SC)Khemchanbhai Somabhai Chavda13BanaskanthaPopatlal M. Joshi14SabarkanthaChandulal Chunilal Desai15Dohad (ST)Bhaljibhai Ravjibhai Parmar16GodhraPiloo Homi Mody17KairaDharmasinh Dadubhai Desai18AnandPravinsinhji Natvarsinhji Solanki19BarodaFatesinhrao Pratap Sinhrao20DabhoiPrabhudas Khushalbhai Patel21BroachT. S. Mansinhji Bhasahes22SuratMorarji Ranchhodji Desai23Mandvi (ST)Amarsinhbhai Zinabhai Chaudhari24Bulsar (ST)Nanubhai Nichhabhai Patel
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