Gujarat, Lok Sabha election 1971

24 constituencies in Gujarat, 53.14% turnout.

Seats

Candidates

118

1 women, 0 elected

Turnout

53.14%

61.3 lakh of 1.15 cr

Leading party

INC

11 of 24 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Gujarat

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	11	0	23	27,49,521	44.85%	-2.06
NCO Indian National Congress (Organisation)	11	+11	19	24,33,644	39.70%	—
SWA Swatantra Party	2	-10	4	3,34,858	5.46%	-34.45
IND Independent	0	-1	58	3,44,795	5.62%	-3.89
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	0	0	5	1,35,793	2.22%	—
PSP Praja Socialist Party	0	0	1	97,418	1.59%	+0.13
RPK RPK	0	0	4	18,607	0.30%	—
HMS HMS	0	0	2	10,101	0.16%	—
BKD BKD	0	0	1	2,944	0.05%	—
SSP Samyukta Socialist Party	0	0	1	2,357	0.04%	-0.13

INC11 (46%)
NCO11 (46%)
SWA2 (8%)

INC11
NCO11
SWA2

INC11
NCO11
SWA2

Constituency performance

From the 24 results in Gujarat

Closest contest

KUTCH

won by 1,979 (0.94%)

Biggest victory

JAMNAGAR

won by 83,944 (39.31%)

Highest turnout

SURAT

67.93%

Lowest turnout

DOHAD

36.40%

Seat change

Against Gujarat's previous Lok Sabha election (1967), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained7 (29%)
Changed hands17 (71%)

7 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 17 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Gujarat, every Lok Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Constituency results

All 24 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–24 of 24

Constituency	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
AHMEDABAD	INCINDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIK	NCOJAYKRISHNA HARIVALLABHDAS	56,46016.80%	67.7%
AMRELI	INCJIVRAJ NARAYAN MEHTA	NCONARSINHDAS GORDHANDAS GONDHIYA	38,81817.41%	46.7%
ANAND	NCOPRAVINSINHJI NATVARSINHJI SOLANKI	INCNARENDRASINHJI RANJITSINJHI MAHIDA	43,60414.41%	61.5%
BANASKANTHA	INCPOPATLAL M. JOSHI	NCOS. K. PATIL	23,40710.61%	46.8%
BARODA	NCOFATESINHRAO PRATAP SINHRAO	PSPSANATKUMAR MAGANLAL MEHTA	71,96426.68%	55.9%
BHAVNAGAR	NCOPRASANWVADAN MANILAL MEHTA	INCJASHVANT MEHTA	18,9789.05%	41.8%
BROACH	INCT. S. MANSINHJI BHASAHES	NCOGULAM MOHMED SULEMAN MATADAR	53,13218.42%	59.5%
BULSAR	NCONANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL	INCGAMANBHAI VAJIRBHAI PATEL	58,13323.91%	49.1%
DABHOI	INCPRABHUDAS KHUSHALBHAI PATEL	NCOMANUBHAI MOTIBHAI PATEL	29,6759.81%	63.2%
DHANDHUKA	SWAH. M. PATEL	INCVADILAL LALLUBHAI	10,9914.63%	51.8%
DOHAD	NCOBHALJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI PARMAR	INCSOMJIBHAI PUNJABHAI DAMOR	26,91016.46%	36.4%
GANDHINAGAR	NCOSOMCHANDBHAI MANUBHAI SOLANKI	INCNARSINHBHAI KARSANBHAI MAKWANA	3,5021.20%	52.3%
GODHRA	SWAPILOO HOMI MODY	INCPRATAPSINH HIRABHAI PATEL	13,8957.13%	43.1%
JAMNAGAR	INCDAULATSINHJI PRATAPSNJI JADEJA	SWAJAGUBHAI DOAHI	83,94439.31%	46.8%
JUNAGADH	INCNANJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI VEKARIA	NCOVIRENDRAKUMAR SHAH	54,53027.42%	44.8%
KAIRA	NCODHARMASINH DADUBHAI DESAI	INCAJITSINH FULSINHJI DABHI	34,45111.67%	61.6%
KUTCH	INCMAHIPATRAY M. MEHTA	NCOYUVRAJ PRITHVIRAJ SINHJI MADANSINHJI	1,9790.94%	53.6%
MANDVI	INCAMARSINHBHAI ZINABHAI CHAUDHARI	NCOCHHAGANBHAI MADARIBHAI KEDARIA	11,5734.50%	56.3%
MEHSANA	NCONATWARLAL AMRUTLAL PATEL	INCSANKALCHANDBHAI KALIDAS PATEL	97,31430.00%	59.9%
PATAN	NCOKHEMCHANBHAI SOMABHAI CHAVDA	INCDAHYABHAI RAMJIBHAI PARMAR	53,48221.50%	48.4%
RAJKOT	INCGHANSHYAMBHAI OZA	SWAMINOO MASANI	67,47929.51%	42.8%
SABARKANTHA	NCOCHANDULAL CHUNILAL DESAI	INCGOPALDAS BENIDAS PATEL	14,3785.30%	60.2%
SURAT	NCOMORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI	INCGORDHANDAS RANCHHODDAS CHOKHAWALA	31,5249.89%	67.9%
SURENDRANAGAR	INCRASIKLAL PARIKH	INDSHRIRAJ MEGHRAJJI	8,6913.12%	56.0%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Gujarat alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.