| Election Name: | 1971 British Virgin Islands general election |
| Country: | British Virgin Islands |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1967 British Virgin Islands general election |
| Previous Year: | 1967 |
| Next Election: | 1975 British Virgin Islands general election |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
| Seats For Election: | All seats in the British Virgin Islands Legislative Council |
| Majority Seats: | 4 |
| Party3: | United Party |
| Leader Since3: | 1971 |
| Leaders Seat3: | 5th District |
| Last Election3: | 4 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Party1: | VIDP |
| Leader Since1: | 1967 |
| Leaders Seat1: | 4th District |
| Last Election1: | 2 |
| Seats1: | 3 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Virgin Islands Party |
| Leader Since2: | 1971 |
| Leaders Seat2: | 1st District |
| Last Election2: | – |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | New |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | Lavity Stoutt |
| Before Party: | United Party |
| After Election: | Willard Wheatley |
| After Party: | Independent politician |
General elections were held in the British Virgin Islands on 2 June 1971. The result was a victory for a coalition of the VI Democratic Party (DP) together with independent candidate Willard Wheatley over the newly formed Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led by former Chief Minister Lavity Stoutt, and incumbent BVI United Party (UP) led by Conrad Maduro.
Prior to the election Stoutt had was serving as Chief Minister and leader of the UP, but due to internal divisions Stoutt left and formed his new party to contest the election against the UP and the DP, but ended up losing and being replaced by Wheatley as Chief Minister.
The election was also notable for the first female candidate in a British Virgin Islands election: Millicent Mercer contested the 5th District on behalf of the VIP, but lost to Conrad Maduro.
In the 7th District the former representative, Robinson O'Neal, had died in a car crash the prior year.
| Constituency | Candidates | Party | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st District | H. Lavity Stoutt | Virgin Islands Party | H. Lavity Stoutt | |
| Wilfred Smith | United Party | |||
| 2nd District | Austin Henley | VI Democratic Party | Austin Henley | |
| Stanford Connor | Independent | |||
| Prince Stoutt | Independent | |||
| Neville Hodge | Independent | |||
| 3rd District | Oliver Cills | VI Democratic Party | Oliver Cills | |
| Leopold Smith | Virgin Islands Party | |||
| 4th District | Q. William Osborne | VI Democratic Party | Q. William Osborne | |
| I. Glanville Fonseca | POP | |||
| 5th District | Conrad Maduro | United Party | Conrad Maduro | |
| Henry Hodge | VI Democratic Party | |||
| Millicent Mercer | Virgin Islands Party | |||
| 6th District | Willard Wheatley | Independent | Willard Wheatley | |
| Terrance B. Lettsome | Virgin Islands Party | |||
| 7th District | Reeial George | Virgin Islands Party | Reeial George | |
| Ralph T. O'Neal | VI Democratic Party | |||
| Source: BVI Deputy Governor's Office[1] | ||||
Following the election:[1]