Highest Voter Turnout Lok Sabha Constituencies

1971 Lok Sabha (Parliament) Election · Top 25 constituencies by turnout

In the 1971 Lok Sabha election, the highest voter turnout was recorded in Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu) at 81.39% — 485,480 votes polled out of 596,459 electors. The full ranked list of the top 25 constituencies is below — click any constituency to see its complete candidate-wise result.

Percentage of registered electors who cast a vote.

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Rank Constituency State Winner Party Turnout
1 Thanjavur Tamil Nadu S. D. Somasundaram Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 81.39%
2 Nagapattinam Tamil Nadu M. Kathamuthu Communist Party Of India 80.59%
3 Kumbakonam Tamil Nadu Era Sezhiyan Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 80.03%
4 Mayuram SC Tamil Nadu K. Subravelu Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 79.37%
5 Perambalur SC Tamil Nadu A. Durairasu Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 79.31%
6 Alappuzha Kerala K. Balakrishnan Revolutionary Socialist Party 77.53%
7 Yavatmal Maharashtra Sadashiorao Bapuji Thakre Indian National Congress 77.52%
8 Pudukottai Tamil Nadu K. Veeriah Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 77.33%
9 Vandavasi Tamil Nadu G. Viswanathan Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 76.34%
10 Cuddalore Tamil Nadu S. Radhakrishnan Indian National Congress 74.85%
11 Chingleput Tamil Nadu C. Chittibabu Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 74.71%
12 Mathurapur SC West Bengal Madhurjya Haldar Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 74.67%
13 Tiruttani Tamil Nadu O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar Indian National Congress 74.35%
14 Wardha Maharashtra Jagjiwanrao Ganpatrao Kadam Indian National Congress 74.25%
15 Sivaganga Tamil Nadu Tha Kiruttinan Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 74.24%
16 Mavelikara Kerala R. Balakrishna Pillai Kerala Congress 74.22%
17 Chidambaram SC Tamil Nadu V. Mayavan Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 74.00%
18 Tamluk West Bengal Satis Chandra Samanta Bangla Congress 73.91%
19 Hatkanangle Maharashtra Dattatraya Baburao Kadam Indian National Congress 73.82%
20 Tiruchirappalli Tamil Nadu M. Kalyanasundaram Communist Party Of India 73.55%
21 Ghatal West Bengal Jagadish Bhattacharyya Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 73.12%
22 Tenkasi SC Tamil Nadu A. M. Cnellachami Indian National Congress 72.92%
23 Tirupattur Tamil Nadu C. K. Chinnaraji Gounder Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 72.73%
24 Sivakasi Tamil Nadu V. Jeyalakshmi Indian National Congress 72.49%
25 Kallakurichi Tamil Nadu M. Devekan Dravida Munetra Kazhagam 72.40%

Why this list matters

The highest-turnout constituencies tend to be in states with a strong tradition of civic participation — often rural, often in the Northeast, Kerala, West Bengal, or hill states — where parties have well-organised booth-level workers and voters treat polling day as a community event. High turnout doesn't favour any one party uniformly; it tends to amplify whichever side has the better organisation on the ground.

Turnout figures are computed from the official electoral roll size and votes-polled count.

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