1971 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1971
3 April
Jammu and Kashmir

The 1971 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir to the 5th Lok Sabha were held for 6 seats. Indian National Congress won 5 seats and an independent candidate from Srinagar constituency won 1 seat.[1]

Constituency Details

Constituency Electors Voters Polling %
Baramulla 370345 187484 50.62
Srinagar 371494 218752 58.88
Anantnag 393878 264867 67.25
Ladakh 52654 37521 71.26
Udhampur 425780 218069 51.22
Jammu 483472 292392 60.48

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Results

Party-wise Results

Party Name Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 6,30,690 54.06 3.54 6 5
BJS 1,42,750 12.23 8.11 3 0
SAD 12,658 1.08 2 0
PSP 5,332 0.46 1 0
IND 3,75,316 32.17 31.60 20 1 1
Total 11,66,746 100% - 32 6 -

List of Elected MPs

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Baramulla Syed Ahmad Aga INC 93,041 51.02 Syed Ali Shah Gilani IND 78,543 43.07 14,498 7.95
2 Srinagar Shamim Ahmad Shamim IND 128,948 61.78 Bakhshi Gulam Mohd INC 71,140 34.08 57,808 27.70
3 Anantnag Mohmad Shaffi Qureshi INC 150,827 60.30 Peep Gulam Nabi Shah IND 90,434 36.15 60,393 24.15
4 Ladakh Kushok Bakula INC 20,783 55.41 Sonam Wahgdus IND 16,726 44.59 4,057 10.82
5 Udhampur Karan Singh INC 125,890 60.97 Baldev Singh BJS 53,303 25.82 72,587 35.15
6 Jammu Inderjit Malhotra INC 169,009 60.04 Abdul Rehman BJS 84,213 29.91 84,796 30.13

See also

References

  1. ^ "1971 India General (5th Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1971 TO THE FIFTH LOK SABHA VOLUME II - http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_II_LS71.pdf
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