1971 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1971
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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[edit]

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

[2]

Results[edit]

Party-wise Results[edit]

Party Elected MPs
INC 5
IND 1
Total 6

List of Elected MPs[edit]

No. Constituency Name of elected M.P. Party affiliation Win Margin %
1 Baramulla Syed Ahmad Aga Indian National Congress 7.95%
2 Srinagar Shamim Ahad Shamim Independent 27.70%
3 Anantnag Mohd. Shafi Qureshi Indian National Congress 24.14%
4 Ladakh Kushok Bakula Indian National Congress 10.82%
5 Udhampur Karan Singh Indian National Congress 35.16%
6 Jammu Inderjit Malhotra Indian National Congress 30.12%

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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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