State board · Lok Sabha

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 37 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateMadhya Pradesh

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 37

Electors

1.96Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

88.32L

45.1% of electors

Median turnout

43.0%

Median of 37 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 21 − 19

[01]Seat matrix

37 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 19 of 37INC 21 · +2 above majority

INC 2156.8% Indian National Congress

BJS 1129.7% Bharatiya Jana Sangh

IND 410.8% Independents

SIKKIM 12.7% Sikkim Sangram Parishad

Not in the source

The source carries no state-level vote share for Madhya Pradesh 1971.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Kanker was decided by 7,443 votes, the closest of 37 seats; Rewa had the widest margin, 1,99,694.
min / max of margin over 37 seats with a recorded margin
In SC-reserved seats INC won 3 of 5 (60.0%), against 56.8% of all seats.
3 ÷ 5 = 60.0% · 21 ÷ 37 = 56.8%
Turnout ran from 23.1% in Mandla to 64.0% in Bhind; the median seat polled 43.0%.
min / median / max over 37 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

37 of 37 seats carry a turnout

< 50% 2464.9% of seats

50–60 1232.4% of seats

60–70 12.7% of seats

70–80 00.0% of seats

≥ 80% 00.0% of seats

LowestMandla23.1%
HighestBhind64.0%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

37 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha 1971, all 37 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	MorenaSC	Hukamchand Kachhway	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,12,431	26,097	12.3	38.7
02	Bhind	Vijaya Raje Scindia	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,51,178	91,238	26.0	64.0
03	Gwalior	Atalbehari Vajpai	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,18,552	70,310	22.1	56.1
04	Guna	Madhav Rao Jiwajirao Scindia	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,04,152	1,41,090	46.4	53.3
05	TikamgarhSC	Nathu Ram Bhamora	Indian National Congress	2,34,587	81,575	34.8	41.0
06	Satna	Narendra Singh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,98,990	38,804	13.0	52.3
07	RewaWIDEST	Maharaja Martand Singh	Independent	3,49,241	1,99,694	57.2	58.4
08	ShahdolST	Dhan Shah	Independent	1,66,321	97,444	58.6	33.1
09	Sidhi	Ranbahadur Singh	Independent	2,22,369	1,05,404	47.4	40.5
10	SurgujaST	Babunath Singh	Indian National Congress	1,50,048	24,041	16.0	31.7
11	RaigarhST	Umedsingh	Indian National Congress	1,98,042	27,655	14.0	37.0
12	JanjgirSC	Minimata Agamdas	Indian National Congress	1,39,749	39,718	28.4	26.9
13	Bilaspur	Ramgopal Tiwari	Indian National Congress	2,10,342	8,310	4.0	41.8
14	Mahasamund	Krishna Agrawal	Indian National Congress	1,69,680	15,557	9.2	32.5
15	Raipur	Vidyacharan Shukla	Indian National Congress	2,32,524	84,904	36.5	41.4
16	KankerSTCLOSEST	Arvind Vishramsingh	Indian National Congress	1,91,545	7,443	3.9	39.6
17	BastarST	Lambodar Baliyar	Independent	2,00,216	7,494	3.7	41.8
18	Durg	Chandoolal Chandrakar	Indian National Congress	2,41,960	1,21,007	50.0	43.0
19	Rajnandgaon	Ramsahai Pandey	Indian National Congress	2,54,578	98,970	38.9	47.1
20	Balaghat	Chintaman Rao Gautam	Indian National Congress	2,16,434	87,370	40.4	44.8
21	MandlaST	Mangru Uikey	Indian National Congress	1,13,615	10,903	9.6	23.1
22	Jabalpur	Govind Das	Indian National Congress	1,98,742	92,121	46.4	38.3
23	Damoh	Varah Giri Shanker Giri	Indian National Congress	2,37,176	70,629	29.8	46.0
24	SagarSC	Sahodra Bai Rai	Indian National Congress	2,55,136	59,722	23.4	48.0
25	Chhindwara	Gargishanker Ramkrishna	Indian National Congress	1,97,209	18,234	9.3	38.2
26	Betul	Narendra Kuma Salve	Indian National Congress	2,19,745	68,091	31.0	41.1
27	Hoshangabad	Chaudhary Nitiraj Singh Daulat Singh	Indian National Congress	1,97,631	57,579	29.1	41.2
28	Bhopal	Shankar Dayal Sharma Khushilal Vaidya	Indian National Congress	3,12,141	31,412	10.1	53.7
29	Vidisha	Ramnath Geonka	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,90,918	32,064	11.0	52.6
30	Shajapur	Jagannathrao Joshi	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,96,842	28,530	9.6	55.0
31	UjjainSC	Phoolchand Verma	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,02,780	8,596	2.8	54.6
32	Indore	Prakash Chandra Sethi	Indian National Congress	3,03,695	45,698	15.1	56.2
33	DharST	Bharatsingh	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,23,218	20,621	9.2	45.8
34	Khandwa	Gangacharan Dikshit	Indian National Congress	2,78,024	40,890	14.7	53.3
35	Khargone	Ramchandra Bade	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	2,58,552	35,621	13.8	52.6
36	JhabuaST	Bhagirath Bhanwar	Sikkim Sangram Parishad	1,81,734	26,593	14.6	36.5
37	Mandsaur	Laxminarayan Pandey	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3,01,660	7,603	2.5	57.5

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,99,694 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Madhya Pradesh · 37 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database