1971
196719621957Total Constituencies: 14
Assam Lok Sabha Election 1971 covered all 14 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 56.98% and won 13 seats, while the IND received 17.92% of the vote and won 0 seats. The CPI won 0 seats with 5.65% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Assam.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13 | 56.98% | 60.52% | 17,24,503 | |
| IND | 14 | 0 | 17.92% | 17.92% | 5,42,409 |
| 5 | 0 | 5.65% | 16.29% | 1,70,978 | |
| PSP | 5 | 0 | 4.56% | 13.17% | 1,37,928 |
| AHL | 1 | 1 | 3.00% | 51.24% | 90,772 |
| NCO | 10 | 0 | 2.91% | 4.14% | 88,155 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Cachar | Jyotsna Chanda | INC | 1,00,798 | A. F. Golam Osmani | IND | 37,794 | 63,004 | 31.59 |
| Karimganj (Sc) | Nihar Ranjan Laskar | INC | 1,49,328 | Harinarayan Rabidas | CPM | 27,582 | 1,21,746 | 59.81 |
| Autonomous Districts (St) | G. G. Swell | AHL | 90,772 | Hopingstone Lyngdoh | IND | 59,228 | 31,544 | 17.8 |
| Dhubri | Moinul Haque Chowdhury | INC | 1,80,226 | Jahan Uddin Ahmed | PSP | 30,478 | 1,49,748 | 57.42 |
| Kokrajhar (St) | Dharanidhar Basumatary | INC | 1,50,987 | Samar Brahma Choudhury | IND | 93,301 | 57,686 | 22.28 |
| Barpeta | Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | INC | 2,10,662 | Khanindra Chandra Barua | BJS | 74,542 | 1,36,120 | 47 |
| Gauhati | Dinesh Chandra Goswami | INC | 1,40,483 | Dhireswar Kalita | CPI | 44,482 | 96,001 | 43.4 |
| Mangaldai | Dharani Dhar Das | INC | 90,058 | Hem Barua | PSP | 50,485 | 39,573 | 21.8 |
| Tezpur | Kamala Prasad Agarwala | INC | 1,33,673 | Francis Hans | IND | 36,223 | 97,450 | 44.34 |
| Nowgong | Liladhar Kotoki | INC | 1,32,209 | Phani Bora | CPI | 49,392 | 82,817 | 36.4 |
| Kaliabor | Bedabrata Barua | INC | 1,28,268 | Jadu Nath Saikia | CPI | 27,580 | 1,00,688 | 51.61 |
| Jorhat | Tarun Gogoi | INC | 1,02,820 | Khogen Bar Baruah | RCI | 31,810 | 71,010 | 38.17 |
| Lakhimpur | Biswanarayan Shastri | INC | 89,070 | Khagendra Nath Saikia | IND | 45,358 | 43,712 | 20.96 |
| Dibrugarh | Robindra Nath Kakoty | INC | 1,15,921 | Barin Chowdhury | CPI | 24,913 | 91,008 | 46.12 |