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Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1971

Results board · 6 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateJammu and Kashmir
Seats
6
Constituencies
Majority
4
Seats needed of 6
Electors
20.98L
On the roll
Votes polled
12.19L
58.1% of electors
Median turnout
59.7%
Median of 6 seats
INC lead
+1
Above majority · 5 − 4

[01]Seat matrix

6 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 6 seats: INC 5, IND 1. Majority line at 4 seats. Hemicycle of 6 seats: INC 5, IND 1. Majority line at 4 seats.
Majority · 4 of 6INC 5 · +1 above majority
INC 583.3% Indian National Congress
IND 116.7% Independents

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 54.1%5 seats · 83.3%
BJS 12.2%0 seats
SAD 1.1%0 seats
PSP 0.5%0 seats
Others 32.1%1 seat · 16.7%

Vote share not published

  • IND1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 54.1% of votes into 83.3% of seats, a seat premium of 29.2 pp.

    5 ÷ 6 = 83.3% · 83.3 − 54.1 = +29.2

  2. BJS polled 12.2% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 6 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 12.2 = −12.2

  3. Ladakh was decided by 4,057 votes, the closest of 6 seats; Jammu had the widest margin, 84,796.

    min / max of margin over 6 seats with a recorded margin

  4. Turnout ran from 50.6% in Baramulla to 71.3% in Ladakh; the median seat polled 59.7%.

    min / median / max over 6 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

6 of 6 seats carry a turnout
025507510059.7%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 350.0% of seats
60–70 233.3% of seats
70–80 116.7% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestBaramulla50.6%
  • HighestLadakh71.3%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

6 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha 1971, all 6 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
142 Baramulla Syed Ahmad Aga Indian National Congress 1,87,484 14,498 7.7 50.6
143 Srinagar Shamim Ahmad Shamim Independent 2,18,752 57,808 26.4 58.9
144 Anantnag Mohmad Shaffi Qureshi Indian National Congress 2,64,867 60,393 22.8 67.3
145 LadakhCLOSEST Kushok Bakula Indian National Congress 37,521 4,057 10.8 71.3
146 Udhampur Karan Singh Indian National Congress 2,18,069 72,587 33.3 51.2
147 JammuWIDEST Inderjit Malhotra Indian National Congress 2,92,392 84,796 29.0 60.5
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 84,796 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1971 · Jammu and Kashmir · 6 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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