1971 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir, 1971

3 April

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

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

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Results

Party-wise Results

Party	Elected MPs
INC	5
IND	1
Total	6

List of Elected MPs

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

• Elections in Jammu and Kashmir

References

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