1971 Indian general election in 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.

Constituency Details ConstituencyElectorsVotersPolling %Baramulla37034518748450.62Srinagar371494 218752 58.88Anantnag39387826486767.25Ladakh526543752171.26Udhampur42578021806951.22Jammu48347229239260.48 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

Results

Party-wise Results Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− INC 6,30,690 54.06 3.54 6 5 BJS 1,42,750 12.23 8.11 3 0 SAD 12,658 1.08 2 0 PSP 5,332 0.46 1 0 IND 3,75,316 32.17 31.60 20 1 1 Total 11,66,746 100% - 32 6 -

List of Elected MPs ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1BaramullaSyed Ahmad AgaINC93,04151.02Syed Ali Shah GilaniIND78,54343.0714,4987.952SrinagarShamim Ahmad ShamimIND128,94861.78Bakhshi Gulam MohdINC71,14034.0857,80827.703AnantnagMohammad Shafi QureshiINC150,82760.30Peep Gulam Nabi ShahIND90,43436.1560,39324.154LadakhKushok BakulaINC20,78355.41Sonam WahgdusIND16,72644.594,05710.825UdhampurKaran SinghINC125,89060.97Baldev SinghBJS53,30325.8272,58735.156JammuInderjit MalhotraINC169,00960.04Abdul RehmanBJS84,21329.9184,79630.13

1971 Indian general election in Jammu and Kashmir

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