In the 1971 Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election, Indian National Congress (INC) contested 36 constituencies and won 21 seats. Across these constituencies, INC candidates received 4,027,658 votes, accounting for 46.66% of the votes cast in the constituencies it contested. Across all 37 Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, INC secured 45.6% vote share.
| INC Overall performance | Result |
|---|---|
| Constituencies contested | 36 |
| Seats won | 21 |
| Total votes received | 40,27,658 |
| Vote share in contested constituencies | 46.66% |
| Overall vote share | 45.6% |
The table below lists INC candidates, their total votes, vote share within each constituency, and final position. Select a constituency to explore the complete election results.
| Constituency | Candidate | Position | Votes Received | Party Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALAGHAT | Chintaman Rao Gautam | 1 | 1,28,111 | 59.19 |
| BETUL | Narendra Kuma Salve | 1 | 1,43,918 | 65.49 |
| BHIND | Narsinghrao Dixit | 2 | 1,22,533 | 34.89 |
| BHOPAL | Shankar Dayal Sharma Khushilal Vaidya | 1 | 1,58,805 | 50.88 |
| BILASPUR | Ramgopal Tiwari | 1 | 92,928 | 44.18 |
| CHHINDWARA | Gargishanker Ramkrishna | 1 | 1,03,847 | 52.66 |
| DAMOH | Varah Giri Shanker Giri | 1 | 1,45,124 | 61.19 |
| DHAR (ST) | Fatebhanusingh | 2 | 96,816 | 43.37 |
| DURG | Chandoolal Chandrakar | 1 | 1,63,195 | 67.45 |
| GUNA | Devrao Krishna Rao Jadhav | 2 | 68,860 | 22.64 |
| GWALIOR | Gautam Sharma | 2 | 1,18,685 | 37.26 |
| HOSHANGABAD | Chaudhary Nitiraj Singh Daulat Singh | 1 | 1,27,605 | 64.57 |
| INDORE | Prakash Chandra Sethi | 1 | 1,36,534 | 44.96 |
| JABALPUR | Govind Das | 1 | 1,39,370 | 70.13 |
| JANJGIR (SC) | Minimata Agamdas | 1 | 85,768 | 61.37 |
| JHABUA (ST) | Sur Singh | 2 | 73,443 | 40.41 |
| KANKER (ST) | Arvind Vishramsingh | 1 | 99,494 | 51.94 |
| KHANDWA | Gangacharan Dikshit | 1 | 1,43,124 | 51.48 |
| KHARGONE | Amolakchand Chhajed | 2 | 1,07,384 | 41.53 |
| MAHASAMUND | Krishna Agrawal | 1 | 82,804 | 48.8 |
| MANDLA (ST) | Mangru Uikey | 1 | 54,021 | 47.55 |
| MANDSAUR | Balkavi Bairagi (Nandramdas) | 2 | 1,41,544 | 46.92 |
| MORENA (SC) | Atam Das | 2 | 78,799 | 37.09 |
| RAIGARH (ST) | Umedsingh | 1 | 1,01,686 | 51.35 |
| RAIPUR | Vidyacharan Shukla | 1 | 1,38,333 | 59.49 |
| RAJNANDGAON | Ramsahai Pandey | 1 | 1,57,256 | 61.77 |
| REWA | Shambhu Nath Shukla | 2 | 59,442 | 17.02 |
| SAGAR (SC) | Sahodra Bai Rai | 1 | 1,48,141 | 58.06 |
| SATNA | Lalta Prasad Khare | 2 | 1,21,280 | 40.56 |
| SHAHDOL (ST) | Girja Kumari | 2 | 29,165 | 17.54 |
| SHAJAPUR | Nandkishore Bhatt | 2 | 1,30,429 | 43.94 |
| SIDHI | Keshav Prasad Singh | 2 | 52,617 | 23.66 |
| SURGUJA (ST) | Babunath Singh | 1 | 78,859 | 52.56 |
| TIKAMGARH (SC) | Nathu Ram Bhamora | 1 | 1,36,555 | 58.21 |
| UJJAIN (SC) | Bapulal Malviya | 2 | 1,41,861 | 46.85 |
| VIDISHA | Manibhai J. Patel | 2 | 1,19,322 | 41.02 |