India · 1971

Lok Sabha General Election 1971

Party-wise seats, vote share, constituency map and results.

Seats

518

Declared

517

Majority

260

State wise results All constituencies All Lok Sabha

Seat Distribution

Parties with >5 seats · others

Party Wise Results

Party	Seats won	Contested	Vote share	Total votes
INC · Indian National Congress	351	437	43.68%	64,033,274
CPM · Communist Party of India (Marxist)	25	85	5.12%	7,510,089
CPI · Communist Party of India	23	87	4.73%	6,933,627
DMK · Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	23	24	3.84%	5,622,758
BJS · Bharatiya Jana Sang	22	157	7.35%	10,777,119
NCO · Indian National Congress (Org)	16	238	10.43%	15,285,851
IND · Independent	14	408	8.38%	12,279,629
TPS · Telangana Praja Samithi	10	14	1.28%	1,873,589
SWA · Swatantra Party	8	59	3.07%	4,497,988
SSP · Sikkim Sangram Parishad	3	93	2.43%	3,555,639
RSP · Revolutionary Socialist Party	3	9	0.49%	724,001
KEC · Kerala Congress	3	3	0.37%	542,431
PSP · Praja Socialist Party	2	63	1.04%	1,526,076
FBL · Forward Bloc	2	24	0.66%	962,971
MUL · Muslim League Kerala State Committee	2	7	0.28%	416,545
BKD · Bahujan Kisan Dal	1	97	2.18%	3,189,821
SAD · Shiromani Akali Dal	1	15	0.87%	1,279,873
UTC · Utkal Congress	1	20	0.72%	1,053,176
BAC · Bangla Congress	1	14	0.35%	518,781
VHP · Vishal Haryana	1	8	0.24%	352,514
JKP · Jharkhand Party	1	20	0.19%	272,563
RPG · Republican Party Of India	1	1	0.10%	153,794
AHL · All Party Hill Leaders Conference	1	1	0.06%	90,772
UFN · United Front Of Nagaland	1	1	0.06%	89,514
UGS · United Goans - Seqveria Group	1	1	0.04%	58,401
PWP · Peasants & Workers Party	0	12	0.51%	741,535
RPK · Republican Party of India (Khobragade)	0	36	0.37%	542,662
SHS · Shivsena	0	5	0.16%	227,468
SHD · Shoshit Dal Bihar	0	4	0.13%	193,389
SUC · Socialist Unity Centre Of India	0	10	0.11%	157,703
JAP · Janta Party	0	4	0.09%	139,091
HMS · Hindu Mahasabha	0	11	0.05%	73,191
IGL · All India Gorkha League	0	1	0.05%	72,131
PHJ · Progressive Hul Jharkhand	0	6	0.05%	66,669
Total	517	—	100%	146,602,276