Close contests · 1971
Tightest races by winning margin for the 1971 general election.
| Constituency | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiruchendur | Tamil Nadu | M. S. SIVASAMY (DMK) | M. MATHIAS (SWA) | 26 (0.0%) |
| Sangrur | Punjab | TEJA SINGH (CPI) | BALDEV SINGH (SAD) | 210 (0.1%) |
| Jamshedpur | Bihar 1947 1999 | SARDAR SWARAN SINGH (INC) | KEDAR DAS (CPI) | 206 (0.1%) |
| Khagaria | Bihar 1947 1999 | SHIVSHANKAR PRASAD YADAV (SSP) | SUMITRA DEVI (INC) | 548 (0.2%) |
| Gonda | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | ANAND SINGH (NCO) | DEVENDRA PRATAP SINGH (INC) | 631 (0.3%) |
| Maharajganj | Bihar 1947 1999 | RAMDEO SINGH (SSP) | INDRA DEEP SINGH (CPI) | 1,008 (0.3%) |
| Ghatal | West Bengal | JAGADISH BHATTACHARYYA (CPM) | PARIHAL GHOSH (INC) | 1,322 (0.4%) |
| Mathurapur | West Bengal | MADHURJYA HALDAR (CPM) | BIMALENDU SEKHAR NASKAR (INC) | 1,585 (0.4%) |
| banswada | Rajasthan | HIRALAL (INC) | PRABHULAL (SSP) | 1,144 (0.4%) |
| Mahendragarh | Haryana | BIRENDER SINGH (VHP) | NIHAL SINGH (INC) | 1,899 (0.6%) |
| Nagpur | Maharashtra | JAMBUWANTRAO BAPURAO BHOTE (FBL) | RIKHABCHAND KALYANMAL SHARMA (INC) | 2,056 (0.6%) |
| tonk | Rajasthan | RAM KANWAR (SWA) | NARAIN PRAKASH (INC) | 1,835 (0.8%) |
| Calcutta North East | West Bengal | HIREN MUKHERJEE (CPI) | PIYUS KANTI DAS GUPTA (CPM) | 2,291 (0.8%) |
| Vishnupur | West Bengal | AJIT KUMAR SAHA (CPM) | KHAN GURU PADA (INC) | 2,460 (0.8%) |
| Kendrapara | Orissa | SURENDRA MOHANTY (UTC) | SURENDRA NATH DWIVEDI (PSP) | 2,973 (0.8%) |
| Kutch | Gujarat | MAHIPATRAY M. MEHTA (INC) | YUVRAJ PRITHVIRAJ SINHJI MADANSINHJI (NCO) | 1,979 (0.9%) |
| Bhanjanagar | Orissa | DUTIKRISHNA PANDA (CPI) | BIJAYA NANDA PATTANAYAK (UTC) | 2,858 (1.2%) |
| Gandhinagar | Gujarat | SOMCHANDBHAI MANUBHAI SOLANKI (NCO) | NARSINHBHAI KARSANBHAI MAKWANA (INC) | 3,502 (1.2%) |
| udaipur | Rajasthan | LALIYA (SWA) | DHULESHWAR (INC) | 3,404 (1.2%) |
| KAISARGANJ | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SHAKUNTALA NAYAR (BJS) | BASANT KUNWARI (INC) | 2,598 (1.4%) |
| Rohtak | Haryana | MUKHTIAR SINGH (BJS) | RANDHIR SINGH (INC) | 4,671 (1.4%) |
| Inner Manipur | Manipur | N. TOMSI SINGH (INC) | M. MEGHACHANDRA (CPI) | 2,033 (1.5%) |
| Rajapur | Maharashtra | Madhu Dandavate (PSP) | SHIWARAM SAWANI KHEM SAWANA BHONSALE (INC) | 3,194 (1.5%) |
| Fazilka | Punjab | GURDAS SINGH (SAD) | IQBAL SINGH (INC) | 5,323 (1.5%) |
| Begusarai | Bihar 1947 1999 | SHYAMNANDAN MISHRA (NCO) | YOGENDRA SHARMA (CPI) | 5,462 (1.6%) |
| Outer Manipur | Manipur | PAOKAI (INC) | RISHANG (IND) | 2,042 (1.7%) |
| Khunti | Bihar 1947 1999 | NIREL ENEM HORO (IND) | KADIA MUNDA (BJS) | 2,814 (1.7%) |
| Nalgonda | Andhra Pradesh 27 | KANCHERLA RAM KRISHNA REDDY (TPS) | VEDIRE NARSIMHA REDDY (INC) | 5,398 (1.7%) |
| Hajipur | Bihar 1947 1999 | DIGVIJAY NARAIN SINGH (NCO) | VALMIKI CHAUDHARY (INC) | 7,084 (1.8%) |
| Tamluk | West Bengal | SATIS CHANDRA SAMANTA (BAC) | ARUNA ASAF ALI (CPI) | 7,271 (1.8%) |
| Miryalguda | Andhra Pradesh 27 | BHIMREDDY NARSIMHA REDDY (CPM) | KEESARA JITHENDER REDDY (TPS) | 7,684 (2.3%) |
| Giridih | Bihar 1947 1999 | CHAPALENDU BHATTACHARYYA (INC) | KRISHNA BALLABH SAHAY (NCO) | 4,154 (2.4%) |
| Balrampur | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | CHANDRA BHAL MANI TEWARI (INC) | PRATAP NARAIN TEWARI (BJS) | 5,705 (2.4%) |
| Mandsaur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | LAXMINARAYAN PANDEY (BJS) | BALKAVI BAIRAGI (NANDRAMDAS) (INC) | 7,603 (2.5%) |
| Panaji | Goa Daman And Diu | KAKODKAR PURSHOTTAM (INC) | SHENVI TALAULIKER MADHAV UPENDRA (MAG) | 3,030 (2.5%) |
| Barasat | West Bengal | RANENDRA NATH SEN (CPI) | HEMANTA GANGOPADHYAY (CPM) | 9,239 (2.8%) |
| Nabadwip | West Bengal | BIBHA GHOSH (CPM) | PROMOTHA RANJAN THAKUR (INC) | 10,600 (2.8%) |
| Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | PHOOLCHAND VERMA (BJS) | BAPULAL MALVIYA (INC) | 8,596 (2.8%) |
| Gaya | Bihar 1947 1999 | ISHWAR CHOUDHARY (BJS) | SURESH KUMAR (INC) | 7,099 (2.9%) |
| Surendranagar | Gujarat | RASIKLAL PARIKH (INC) | SHRIRAJ MEGHRAJJI (IND) | 8,691 (3.1%) |
| Banda | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAM RATAN SHARMA (BJS) | DEO KUMAR (CPI) | 7,042 (3.2%) |
| Berhampore | West Bengal | TRIDIB CHOUDHURI (RSP) | KARIM REZAUL (INC) | 10,757 (3.6%) |
| Bastar | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | LAMBODAR BALIYAR (IND) | PILURAM KRIPARAM (IND) | 7,494 (3.7%) |
| CHANDA | Maharashtra | ABDUL SHAFI (INC) | ATRAM RAJE VISHWESHWARRAO DHARMARAO (IND) | 12,284 (3.8%) |
| Kanker | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | ARVIND VISHRAMSINGH (INC) | BRIJLALSINGH BARSAI (BJS) | 7,443 (3.9%) |
| Karimnagar | Andhra Pradesh 27 | M. SATYANARAYAN RAO (TPS) | V. JALAPATHI RAO (INC) | 10,021 (3.9%) |
| Bilaspur | Madhya Pradesh 1947 1999 | RAMGOPAL TIWARI (INC) | MANHARANLAL PANDEY (BJS) | 8,310 (4.0%) |
| Ponnani | Kerala | M. K. KRISHNAN (CPM) | K. KUNHAMBU (INC) | 11,923 (4.0%) |
| Birbhum | West Bengal | GADADHAR SAHA (CPM) | KANAI SAHA (INC) | 8,385 (4.1%) |
| Banka | Bihar 1947 1999 | SHIV CHANDIKA PRASAD (INC) | VASUDEO YADAV (CPI) | 11,075 (4.1%) |
| Madras South | Tamil Nadu | MURASOLI NARAN (DMK) | NARA SIMHAN (SWA) | 20,341 (4.2%) |
| Tripura West | Tripura | BIREN DUTTA (CPM) | ANIL KUMAR SEN (INC) | 8,238 (4.2%) |
| Jhargram | West Bengal | AMIYA KUMAR KISKU (INC) | JADU NATH KISKU (CPM) | 14,693 (4.3%) |
| Mayurbhanj | Orissa | MANMOHAN TUDU (INC) | MAHENDRA MAJHI (SWA) | 7,647 (4.4%) |
| Khammam | Andhra Pradesh 27 | T. LAKSHMI KANTAMMA (INC) | CHEKURI KASAIAH (TPS) | 16,461 (4.4%) |
| Mandvi | Gujarat | AMARSINHBHAI ZINABHAI CHAUDHARI (INC) | CHHAGANBHAI MADARIBHAI KEDARIA (NCO) | 11,573 (4.5%) |
| Aonla | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SAVITRI SHYAM (INC) | BRIJ RAJ SINGH (BJS) | 10,381 (4.6%) |
| Dhandhuka | Gujarat | H. M. PATEL (SWA) | VADILAL LALLUBHAI (INC) | 10,991 (4.6%) |
| Tiruchirappalli | Tamil Nadu | M. KALYANASUNDARAM (CPI) | S. P. THANGAVELU (NCO) | 20,550 (4.7%) |
| Katihar | Bihar 1947 1999 | GYANESHWAR PRASAD YADAV (BJS) | SITA RAM KESHRI (INC) | 12,889 (4.7%) |
| Chandauli | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | SUDHAKER PANDEY (INC) | MOTI RAM SHASTRI (BKD) | 14,387 (4.8%) |
| Darjeeling | West Bengal | RATANLALL BRAHMAN (CPM) | GURUNG G. S. (IGL) | 12,277 (4.8%) |
| Adilabad | Andhra Pradesh 27 | P. GANGA REDDY (INC) | K. V. KISHAN RAO (TPS) | 14,950 (5.2%) |
| Trichur | Kerala | C. JANARDHANAN (CPI) | K. P. ARAVINDAKSHAN (CPM) | 20,324 (5.2%) |
| Sabarkantha | Gujarat | CHANDULAL CHUNILAL DESAI (NCO) | GOPALDAS BENIDAS PATEL (INC) | 14,378 (5.3%) |
| Kallakurichi | Tamil Nadu | M. DEVEKAN (DMK) | K. VEERASAMY (NCO) | 21,976 (5.6%) |
| Chidambaram | Tamil Nadu | V. MAYAVAN (DMK) | L. ELAYAPERUMAL (NCO) | 22,398 (5.6%) |
| Kasganj | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | MAHA DEEPAK SINGH (BJS) | MUSHIR AHMAD KHAN (INC) | 15,976 (5.6%) |
| Etah | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | ROHAN LAL (INC) | MULTAN SINGH (BKD) | 16,559 (5.7%) |
| JEHANABAD | Bihar 1947 1999 | CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINHA (CPI) | VIVEKANAND SHARMA (BJS) | 22,418 (5.8%) |
| jodhpur | Rajasthan | KRISHNA KUMARI (IND) | ANAND SINGH KACHHAWA (INC) | 21,497 (5.9%) |
| Ernakulam | Kerala | HENRY AUSTIN (INC) | V. VISWANATHA MENON (CPM) | 22,670 (6.0%) |
| D AND N HAVELI | Dadra Nagar Haveli | RAMUBHAI RAVJIBHAI PATEL (INC) | SAMJIBHAI RUPJIBHAI DELKAR (NCO) | 1,346 (6.2%) |
| Dumka | Bihar 1947 1999 | SATYA CHARAN BESRA (INC) | SATRUGHAN BESRA (CPI) | 10,084 (6.3%) |
| Midnapore | West Bengal | SUBODH CHANDRA HANSDA (INC) | CHOUBEY NARAYAN (CPI) | 22,009 (6.3%) |
| Hazaribagh | Bihar 1947 1999 | DAMODAR PANDEY (INC) | LALITA RAJYA LAKSHMI (JAP) | 10,988 (6.3%) |
| AMBALAPUZHA | Kerala | K. BALAKRISHNAN (RSP) | SUSEELA GOPALAN (CPM) | 25,918 (6.4%) |
| Chatra | Bihar 1947 1999 | SHANKAR DYAL SINGH (INC) | VIJAY RAJE (JAP) | 10,081 (6.4%) |
| Arambagh | West Bengal | MANORANJAN HAZRA (CPM) | SANTI MOHAN RAY (INC) | 22,220 (6.6%) |
| Mahbubnagar | Andhra Pradesh 27 | J. RAMESHWAR RAO (TPS) | D. K. SATYA REDDY (INC) | 17,490 (6.6%) |
| bhilwara | Rajasthan | HAMENDRA SINGH (BJS) | RAMESH CHANDRA (INC) | 19,459 (6.6%) |
| Bombay South | Maharashtra | KAILAS NARAIN NARULA SHIVNARAIN (INC) | TATA NAVAL HORMASJI (IND) | 19,749 (6.7%) |
| Monghyr | Bihar 1947 1999 | DEONANDAN PRASAD YADAV (INC) | MADHU LIMYE (SSP) | 25,676 (6.7%) |
| Sitamarhi | Bihar 1947 1999 | NAGENDRA PRASAD YADAV (INC) | THAKUR JUGAL KISHORE SINGH (SSP) | 28,725 (6.8%) |
| Bathinda | Punjab | BHAN SINGH BHAURA (CPI) | BHAGAT SINGH (SAD) | 18,323 (6.8%) |
| KASARGOD | Kerala | RAMACHANDRAN KADANNAPPALLI (INC) | E. K. NAYANAR (CPM) | 28,404 (6.9%) |
| savaimadhopur | Rajasthan | CHHUTTA LAL (INC) | MEETHA LAL MEENA (SWA) | 17,766 (7.0%) |
| Godhra | Gujarat | PILOO HOMI MODY (SWA) | PRATAPSINH HIRABHAI PATEL (INC) | 13,895 (7.1%) |
| Hooghly | West Bengal | BIJOY KRISHNA MODAK (CPM) | PHANI GHOSH (INC) | 31,471 (7.4%) |
| Nowrangpur | Orissa | KHAGIPATHI PRADHANI (INC) | MUDI NAYAK (UTC) | 9,617 (7.4%) |
| chitaudgarh | Rajasthan | JHUNJHUNWALA BISHWANATH (BJS) | BHANWARLAL JHANWAR (INC) | 18,972 (7.4%) |
| Kaithal | Haryana | GULZARI LAL NANDA (INC) | INDER SINGH (NCO) | 25,538 (7.5%) |
| Murshidabad | West Bengal | CHOWDHURY ABU TALEB (IND) | SYED BADRUDDUJA (IND) | 20,382 (7.5%) |
| Alipore | West Bengal | INDRAJIT GUPTA (CPI) | KAMAL SARKAR (CPM) | 26,958 (7.6%) |
| Trivandrum | Kerala | V. K. KRISHNA MENON (IND) | D. DAMODARAN POTTI (PSP) | 24,127 (7.6%) |
| dausa | Rajasthan | NAWAL KISHORE SHARMA (INC) | SOMANI HIRA LAL (SWA) | 21,217 (7.7%) |
| Mathura | Uttar Pradesh 1947 1999 | CHAKLESHWAR SINGH (INC) | DIGAMBER SINGH CHAUDHARI (BKD) | 21,439 (7.7%) |
| Calcutta South | West Bengal | PRIYA RANJANDAS MUNSI (INC) | GANESH GHOSH (CPM) | 22,039 (7.7%) |
| Howrah | West Bengal | SAMAR MUKHERJEE (CPM) | MRITYUNJOY BANERJEE (INC) | 25,042 (7.9%) |
| Kottayam | Kerala | VARKEY GEORGE (KEC) | R. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR (IND) | 26,015 (7.9%) |
| Constituency | Category | Winner | Runner-up | Vote share | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiruchendur | GEN | M. S. Sivasamy (dmk) | — | — | 26 (0.0%) | — |
| Sangrur | GEN | Teja Singh (cpi) | — | — | 210 (0.1%) | — |
| Jamshedpur | GEN | Sardar Swaran Singh (inc) | — | — | 206 (0.1%) | — |
| Khagaria | GEN | Shivshankar Prasad Yadav (ssp) | — | — | 548 (0.2%) | — |
| Gonda | GEN | Anand Singh (nco) | — | — | 631 (0.3%) | — |
| Maharajganj | GEN | Ramdeo Singh (ssp) | — | — | 1,008 (0.3%) | — |
| Ghatal | GEN | Jagadish Bhattacharyya (cpm) | — | — | 1,322 (0.4%) | — |
| Mathurapur | GEN | Madhurjya Haldar (cpm) | — | — | 1,585 (0.4%) | — |
| banswada | GEN | Hiralal (inc) | — | — | 1,144 (0.4%) | — |
| Mahendragarh | GEN | Birender Singh (vhp) | — | — | 1,899 (0.6%) | — |
| Nagpur | GEN | Jambuwantrao Bapurao Bhote (fbl) | — | — | 2,056 (0.6%) | — |
| tonk | GEN | Ram Kanwar (swa) | — | — | 1,835 (0.8%) | — |
| Calcutta North East | GEN | Hiren Mukherjee (cpi) | — | — | 2,291 (0.8%) | — |
| Vishnupur | GEN | Ajit Kumar Saha (cpm) | — | — | 2,460 (0.8%) | — |
| Kendrapara | GEN | Surendra Mohanty (utc) | — | — | 2,973 (0.8%) | — |
| Kutch | GEN | Mahipatray M. Mehta (inc) | — | — | 1,979 (0.9%) | — |
| Bhanjanagar | GEN | Dutikrishna Panda (cpi) | — | — | 2,858 (1.2%) | — |
| Gandhinagar | GEN | Somchandbhai Manubhai Solanki (nco) | — | — | 3,502 (1.2%) | — |
| udaipur | GEN | Laliya (swa) | — | — | 3,404 (1.2%) | — |
| KAISARGANJ | GEN | Shakuntala Nayar (bjs) | — | — | 2,598 (1.4%) | — |
| Rohtak | GEN | Mukhtiar Singh (bjs) | — | — | 4,671 (1.4%) | — |
| Inner Manipur | GEN | N. Tomsi Singh (inc) | — | — | 2,033 (1.5%) | — |
| Rajapur | GEN | Madhu Dandavate (psp) | — | — | 3,194 (1.5%) | — |
| Fazilka | GEN | Gurdas Singh (sad) | — | — | 5,323 (1.5%) | — |
| Begusarai | GEN | Shyamnandan Mishra (nco) | — | — | 5,462 (1.6%) | — |
| Outer Manipur | GEN | Paokai (inc) | — | — | 2,042 (1.7%) | — |
| Khunti | GEN | Nirel Enem Horo (ind) | — | — | 2,814 (1.7%) | — |
| Nalgonda | GEN | Kancherla Ram Krishna Reddy (tps) | — | — | 5,398 (1.7%) | — |
| Hajipur | GEN | Digvijay Narain Singh (nco) | — | — | 7,084 (1.8%) | — |
| Tamluk | GEN | Satis Chandra Samanta (bac) | — | — | 7,271 (1.8%) | — |
| Miryalguda | GEN | Bhimreddy Narsimha Reddy (cpm) | — | — | 7,684 (2.3%) | — |
| Giridih | GEN | Chapalendu Bhattacharyya (inc) | — | — | 4,154 (2.4%) | — |
| Balrampur | GEN | Chandra Bhal Mani Tewari (inc) | — | — | 5,705 (2.4%) | — |
| Mandsaur | GEN | Laxminarayan Pandey (bjs) | — | — | 7,603 (2.5%) | — |
| Panaji | GEN | Kakodkar Purshottam (inc) | — | — | 3,030 (2.5%) | — |
| Barasat | GEN | Ranendra Nath Sen (cpi) | — | — | 9,239 (2.8%) | — |
| Nabadwip | GEN | Bibha Ghosh (cpm) | — | — | 10,600 (2.8%) | — |
| Ujjain | GEN | Phoolchand Verma (bjs) | — | — | 8,596 (2.8%) | — |
| Gaya | GEN | Ishwar Choudhary (bjs) | — | — | 7,099 (2.9%) | — |
| Surendranagar | GEN | Rasiklal Parikh (inc) | — | — | 8,691 (3.1%) | — |
| Banda | GEN | Ram Ratan Sharma (bjs) | — | — | 7,042 (3.2%) | — |
| Berhampore | GEN | Tridib Choudhuri (rsp) | — | — | 10,757 (3.6%) | — |
| Bastar | GEN | Lambodar Baliyar (ind) | — | — | 7,494 (3.7%) | — |
| CHANDA | GEN | Abdul Shafi (inc) | — | — | 12,284 (3.8%) | — |
| Kanker | GEN | Arvind Vishramsingh (inc) | — | — | 7,443 (3.9%) | — |
| Karimnagar | GEN | M. Satyanarayan Rao (tps) | — | — | 10,021 (3.9%) | — |
| Bilaspur | GEN | Ramgopal Tiwari (inc) | — | — | 8,310 (4.0%) | — |
| Ponnani | GEN | M. K. Krishnan (cpm) | — | — | 11,923 (4.0%) | — |
| Birbhum | GEN | Gadadhar Saha (cpm) | — | — | 8,385 (4.1%) | — |
| Banka | GEN | Shiv Chandika Prasad (inc) | — | — | 11,075 (4.1%) | — |
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