General elections were held in India to constitute the 5th Lok Sabha in March 1971. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 518 constituencies, each with a single seat.[1] Under the leadership of Indira Gandhi, the Indian National Congress (R) led a campaign which focused on reducing poverty and won a landslide victory, overcoming a split in the party and regaining many of the seats lost in the previous election.[2]
In Gujarat, INC and the new party NCO won 11 seats each while the Swatantra party only managed to get 2 seats.
| Party | Seats won | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 11 | |
| NCO | 11 | |
| Swatantra Party | 2 | |
| No | Constituency | Winner | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kachchh | MAHIPATRAY M. MEHTA | INC |
| 2 | Surendranagar | RASIKLAL PARIKH | INC |
| 3 | Rajkot | GHANSHYAMBHAI OZA | INC |
| 4 | Jamnagar | DAULATSINHJI PRATAPSNJI JADEJA | INC |
| 5 | Junagadh | NANJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI VEKARIA | INC |
| 6 | Amreli | JIVRAJ NARAYAN MEHTA | INC |
| 7 | Bhavnagar | PRASANWVADAN MANILAL MEHTA | NCO |
| 8 | DHANDHUKA | H. M. PATEL | SWA |
| 9 | AHMEDABAD | INDULAL KANAIYALAL YAGNIK | NCO |
| 10 | GANDHINAGAR (SC) | SOMCHANDBHAI MANUBHAI SOLANKI | NCO |
| 11 | Mahesana | NATWARLAL AMRUTLAL PATEL | NCO |
| 12 | Patan (SC) | KHEMCHANBHAI SOMABHAI CHAVDA | NCO |
| 13 | BANASKANTHA | POPATLAL M. JOSHI | INC |
| 14 | SABARKANTHA | CHANDULAL CHUNILAL DESAI | NCO |
| 15 | DOHAD (ST) | BHALJIBHAI RAVJIBHAI PARMAR | NCO |
| 16 | GODHRA | PILOO HOMI MODY | SWA |
| 17 | KAIRA | DHARMASINH DADUBHAI DESAI | NCO |
| 18 | Anand | PRAVINSINHJI NATVARSINHJI SOLANKI | NCO |
| 19 | BARODA | FATESINHRAO PRATAP SINHRAO | NCO |
| 20 | DABHOI | PRABHUDAS KHUSHALBHAI PATEL | INC |
| 21 | BROACH | T. S. MANSINHJI BHASAHES | INC |
| 22 | Surat | MORARJI RANCHHODJI DESAI | NCO |
| 23 | MANDAVI (ST) | AMARSINHBHAI ZINABHAI CHAUDHARI | INC |
| 24 | BULSAR (ST) | NANUBHAI NICHHABHAI PATEL | NCO |