Results/Margins
Results/Margins
ECI results
Analysis · competitiveness
How close was it?
Lok Sabha nationally, 1971
Closest contest
0.0%
Tiruchendur · DMK
Biggest landslide
81.84%
Kakinada · INC
Decided by under 1%
16
of 520 contests
Decided by under 5%
62
11.9% of contests
Contests
520
1971 · national
[01]Closest contests
- 0.0%
TiruchendurDravida Munnetra KazhagamM. S. Sivasamy · Tamil Nadu
- 0.1%
SangrurCommunist Party of IndiaTeja Singh · Punjab
- 0.12%
JamshedpurIndian National CongressSardar Swaran Singh · Bihar
- 0.16%
KhagariaSikkim Sangram ParishadShivshankar Prasad Yadav · Bihar
- 0.3%
GondaIndian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Anand Singh · Uttar Pradesh
- 0.35%
MaharajganjSikkim Sangram ParishadRamdeo Singh · Bihar
- 0.4%
GhatalCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Jagadish Bhattacharyya · West Bengal
- 0.4%
BanswaraIndian National CongressHiralal · Rajasthan
- 0.4%
MathurapurCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Madhurjya Haldar · West Bengal
- 0.5%
MahendragarhVishal HaryanaBirender Singh · Haryana
[02]Biggest landslides
- 81.84%
KakinadaIndian National CongressM. S. Sanjeevi Rao · Andhra Pradesh
- 79.3%
SimlaIndian National CongressPartap Singh · Himachal Pradesh
- 77.7%
KurnoolIndian National CongressKodanda Rami Reddy · Andhra Pradesh
- 77.4%
KaradIndian National CongressDajisaheb Ramrao Chavan · Maharashtra
- 72.88%
KolarIndian National CongressG. V. Krishnan · Karnataka
- 71.43%
MadhugiriIndian National CongressK. Mallanna · Karnataka
- 70.18%
AmalapuramIndian National CongressB. S. Murthy · Andhra Pradesh
- 69.03%
BobbiliIndian National CongressKarri Narayana Rao · Andhra Pradesh
- 66.52%
PadraunaIndian National CongressGenda Singh · Uttar Pradesh
- 66.4%
RamtekIndian National CongressAmrut Ganpat Sonar · Maharashtra
[03]Seats by winning margin
Under 1%
163.1%
1-5%
468.8%
5-10%
6913.3%
10-20%
11622.3%
20%+
27352.5%
SourceWinning margins from Election Commission constituency-wise results, 1971 Lok Sabha · margins are winner minus runner-up as a share of votes polled