1971 Indian general election
General elections were held in India between 1 and 10 March 1971 to elect members of the fifth Lok Sabha. They were the fifth general elections since independence in 1947. 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.
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518 of the 521 seats in the Lok Sabha 260 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 274,189,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 55.27% ( 5.77pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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