1971
196719621957Total Constituencies: 37
Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 1971 covered all 37 parliamentary constituencies in the state. The INC received the highest statewide vote share at 45.60% and won 21 seats, while the BJS received 33.56% of the vote and won 11 seats. The IND won 4 seats with 13.94% of the vote.
The table below shows party-wise results based on total votes received across Madhya Pradesh.
| Party Name | Seats Contested | Seats Won | Vote Share | Vote Share on Contested | Total Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 21 | 45.60% | 46.66% | 40,27,658 | |
| BJS | 28 | 11 | 33.56% | 43.82% | 29,64,252 |
| IND | 32 | 4 | 13.94% | 15.63% | 12,30,883 |
| NCO | 5 | 0 | 2.27% | 15.98% | 2,00,409 |
| SSP | 5 | 1 | 1.57% | 11.34% | 1,38,550 |
| PSP | 9 | 0 | 1.21% | 5.28% | 1,07,147 |
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Margin(%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Votes | |||
| Morena (Sc) | Hukamchand Kachhway | BJS | 1,04,896 | Atam Das | INC | 78,799 | 26,097 | 12.29 |
| Bhind | Vijaya Raje Scindia | BJS | 2,13,771 | Narsinghrao Dixit | INC | 1,22,533 | 91,238 | 25.98 |
| Gwalior | Atalbehari Vajpai | BJS | 1,88,995 | Gautam Sharma | INC | 1,18,685 | 70,310 | 22.07 |
| Guna | Madhav Rao Jiwajirao Scindia | BJS | 2,09,950 | Devrao Krishna Rao Jadhav | INC | 68,860 | 1,41,090 | 46.39 |
| Tikamgarh (Sc) | Nathu Ram Bhamora | INC | 1,36,555 | Nathu Ram Maharajpur | BJS | 54,980 | 81,575 | 34.77 |
| Satna | Narendra Singh | BJS | 1,60,084 | Lalta Prasad Khare | INC | 1,21,280 | 38,804 | 12.98 |
| Rewa | Maharaja Martand Singh | IND | 2,59,136 | Shambhu Nath Shukla | INC | 59,442 | 1,99,694 | 57.18 |
| Shahdol (St) | Dhan Shah | IND | 1,26,609 | Girja Kumari | INC | 29,165 | 97,444 | 58.58 |
| Sidhi | Ranbahadur Singh | IND | 1,58,021 | Keshav Prasad Singh | INC | 52,617 | 1,05,404 | 47.4 |
| Surguja (St) | Babunath Singh | INC | 78,859 | Larang Sai | BJS | 54,818 | 24,041 | 16.03 |
| Raigarh (St) | Umedsingh | INC | 1,01,686 | Laljitsingh Daljitsingh | BJS | 74,031 | 27,655 | 13.97 |
| Janjgir (Sc) | Minimata Agamdas | INC | 85,768 | Sunderlal Dhanuji | BJS | 46,050 | 39,718 | 28.42 |
| Bilaspur | Ramgopal Tiwari | INC | 92,928 | Manharanlal Pandey | BJS | 84,618 | 8,310 | 3.95 |
| Mahasamund | Krishna Agrawal | INC | 82,804 | Gyashtri Kumari | BJS | 67,247 | 15,557 | 9.17 |
| Raipur | Vidyacharan Shukla | INC | 1,38,333 | Baburao Patel | BJS | 53,429 | 84,904 | 36.51 |
| Kanker (St) | Arvind Vishramsingh | INC | 99,494 | Brijlalsingh Barsai | BJS | 92,051 | 7,443 | 3.88 |
| Bastar (St) | Lambodar Baliyar | IND | 42,207 | Piluram Kriparam | IND | 34,713 | 7,494 | 3.74 |
| Durg | Chandoolal Chandrakar | INC | 1,63,195 | Mohanlal Bakliwal | NCO | 42,188 | 1,21,007 | 50.01 |
| Rajnandgaon | Ramsahai Pandey | INC | 1,57,256 | Padmawati Devi | NCO | 58,286 | 98,970 | 38.87 |
| Balaghat | Chintaman Rao Gautam | INC | 1,28,111 | Ramcharan Bhanwarre | IND | 40,741 | 87,370 | 40.37 |
| Mandla (St) | Mangru Uikey | INC | 54,021 | Shyamlal | BJS | 43,118 | 10,903 | 9.6 |
| Jabalpur | Govind Das | INC | 1,39,370 | Baboorao Paranjpe | BJS | 47,249 | 92,121 | 46.36 |
| Damoh | Varah Giri Shanker Giri | INC | 1,45,124 | Vijai Kumar Malaiya | NCO | 74,495 | 70,629 | 29.78 |
| Sagar (Sc) | Sahodra Bai Rai | INC | 1,48,141 | Amarsingh Paramsingh | BJS | 88,419 | 59,722 | 23.4 |
| Chhindwara | Gargishanker Ramkrishna | INC | 1,03,847 | Gupta Purushottamdas | BJS | 85,613 | 18,234 | 9.25 |
| Betul | Narendra Kuma Salve | INC | 1,43,918 | Vasant Kumar Pandit | BJS | 75,827 | 68,091 | 30.98 |
| Hoshangabad | Chaudhary Nitiraj Singh Daulat Singh | INC | 1,27,605 | Dwarka Prasad Pathak | IND | 70,026 | 57,579 | 29.14 |
| Bhopal | Shankar Dayal Sharma Khushilal Vaidya | INC | 1,58,805 | Bhanu Prakash Singh | BJS | 1,27,393 | 31,412 | 10.07 |
| Vidisha | Ramnath Geonka | BJS | 1,51,386 | Manibhai J. Patel | INC | 1,19,322 | 32,064 | 11.02 |
| Shajapur | Jagannathrao Joshi | BJS | 1,58,959 | Nandkishore Bhatt | INC | 1,30,429 | 28,530 | 9.61 |
| Ujjain (Sc) | Phoolchand Verma | BJS | 1,50,457 | Bapulal Malviya | INC | 1,41,861 | 8,596 | 2.84 |
| Indore | Prakash Chandra Sethi | INC | 1,36,534 | Satya Bhan Singhal | BJS | 90,836 | 45,698 | 15.05 |
| Dhar (St) | Bharatsingh | BJS | 1,17,437 | Fatebhanusingh | INC | 96,816 | 20,621 | 9.24 |
| Khandwa | Gangacharan Dikshit | INC | 1,43,124 | Virendra Kumar Anand | BJS | 1,02,234 | 40,890 | 14.71 |
| Khargone | Ramchandra Bade | BJS | 1,43,005 | Amolakchand Chhajed | INC | 1,07,384 | 35,621 | 13.78 |
| Jhabua (St) | Bhagirath Bhanwar | SSP | 1,00,036 | Sur Singh | INC | 73,443 | 26,593 | 14.64 |
| Mandsaur | Laxminarayan Pandey | BJS | 1,49,147 | Balkavi Bairagi (Nandramdas) | INC | 1,41,544 | 7,603 | 2.52 |