1971 Indian general election in Tamil Nadu

Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 1971

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39 (of 518) seats to the Lok Sabha
First party Second party   Leader M. Karunanidhi K. Kamaraj Party DMK INC (O) Leader's seat Did not contest Nagercoil Seats won 38 1 Seat change 12 5 Popular vote 8,869,095 6,333,227 Percentage 55.61% 42.94% Swing 16.72% 33.78%
Tamil Nadu

The 1971 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state. After winning in 1967, DMK supported the Congress party under Indira Gandhi, and the 25 DMK MPs, ensured her to stay in power as a minority government, from 1969–1971.^[1] This state was crucial for Indira Gandhi to hold, in order for her to stay in power. The result was a victory for Indian National Congress (Indira) and its ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam winning 38 seats (with 5 seats going to the Left Front), while Opposition Congress and Swatantra Party could only win 1 seat. DMK won every seat it contested except the seat contested by K. Kamarajar in Nagercoil.

Voting and results[]

Results by Alliance[]

List of Elected MPs[]

See also[]

• Elections in Tamil Nadu

Bibliography[]

• Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha
• DMK on the Defensive Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 6, No. 3/5, Annual Number (Jan., 1971), pp. 189–190 Published by: Economic and Political Weekly

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• Website of Election Commission of India
• CNN-IBN Lok Sabha Election History