1967 elections in India

The elections in India in 1967 included the 1967 Indian general election and nine state legislative assembly elections.

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General election
Main article: 1967 Indian general election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress59,490,70140.78283–78
Bharatiya Jana Sangh13,580,9359.3135+21
Swatantra Party12,646,8478.6744+26
Communist Party of India7,458,3965.1123–6
Samyukta Socialist Party7,171,6274.9223New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)6,246,5224.2819New
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,529,4053.7925+18
Praja Socialist Party4,456,4873.0613+1
Republican Party of India3,607,7112.471–2
Bangla Congress1,204,3560.835New
Peasants and Workers Party of India1,028,7550.712+2
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh968,7120.663New
All India Forward Bloc627,9100.4320
Indian Union Muslim League413,8680.2820
Kerala Congress321,2190.220New
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference210,0200.141New
Akali Dal – Master Tara Singh189,2900.130New
Jana Kranti Dal183,2110.131New
Jana Congress136,6310.090New
All Party Hill Leaders Conference112,4920.0810
United Goans – Seqveria Group100,1370.071New
Peoples Front42,7250.030New
Democratic National Conference30,7880.020New
United Goans – Furtadd Group1,7140.000New
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation00.001New
Independents20,106,05113.7835+15
Appointed members[lower-alpha 1]3–11
Total145,866,510100.00523+15
Valid votes145,866,51095.51
Invalid/blank votes6,858,1014.49
Total votes152,724,611100.00
Registered voters/turnout250,207,40161.04
Source: ECI
  1. Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.

Legislative Assembly elections

Andhra Pradesh
Main article: 1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh291,7832.113
Communist Party of India1,077,4997.7811
Communist Party of India (Marxist)1,053,8557.619
Indian National Congress6,292,64945.42165
Praja Socialist Party28,5640.210
Republican Party of India36,7570.271
Sanghata Socialist Party49,6690.361
Swatantra Party1,363,3829.8429
Independents3,658,92826.4168
Total13,853,086100.00287
Valid votes13,853,08685.59
Invalid/blank votes2,333,09314.41
Total votes16,186,179100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,934,06877.32
Source: ECI[1]

Assam
Main article: 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Bihar
Main article: 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress4,479,46033.09128–57
Sanghata Socialist Party2,385,96117.6268New
Bharatiya Jana Sangh1,410,72210.4226+23
Praja Socialist Party942,8896.9618–11
Communist Party of India935,9776.9124+12
Jan Kranti Dal451,4123.3313New
Swatantra Party315,1842.333–47
Communist Party of India (Marxist)173,6561.284New
Republican Party of India23,8930.181New
Independents2,419,46917.8733–21
Total13,538,623100.003180
Valid votes13,538,62373.37
Invalid/blank votes4,914,43626.63
Total votes18,453,059100.00
Registered voters/turnout27,743,19066.51
Source: ECI[2]

Delhi
Main article: 1967 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
PartySeats
ElectedNominatedTotal
Bharatiya Jana Sangh33235
Indian National Congress19221
Republican Party of India202
Independents213
Total56561
Source: Parveen,[3] Delhi Gazetteer[4]

Goa, Daman and Diu
Main article: 1967 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967[5]
Political Party
 Seats contested
 Seats won
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party2616111,11040.42%
United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)3012104,42637.98%
Independents156248,47117.63%
Total[6]22630264.007100%

Gujarat
Main article: 1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

Haryana
Main article: 1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,252,29041.3348
Bharatiya Jana Sangh436,14514.3912
Sanghata Socialist Party108,1723.570
Swatantra Party96,4103.183
Republican Party of India87,8612.902
Communist Party of India27,2380.900
Communist Party of India (Marxist)16,3790.540
Praja Socialist Party6,4770.210
Independents998,96932.9716
Total3,029,941100.0081
Valid votes3,029,94176.48
Invalid/blank votes931,82523.52
Total votes3,187,946–
Registered voters/turnout4,387,98090.29
Source: ECI[7]

Himachal Pradesh
Main article: 1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress323,24742.1934
Bharatiya Jana Sangh106,26113.877
Communist Party of India22,1732.892
Swatantra Party14,7671.931
Others7,7871.020
Independents291,88438.1016
Total766,119100.0060
Valid votes766,11994.54
Invalid/blank votes44,2345.46
Total votes810,353100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,582,10351.22
Source: ECI[8]

Jammu and Kashmir
Main article: 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

Kerala
Main article: 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election[9][10]
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		 % of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 220NA055,5840.88NA
Communist Party of India 2219 1614.29538,0048.57 0.27
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5952 1239.101,476,45623.51 3.64
Indian National Congress 1339 276.772,789,55635.43 1.88
Praja Socialist Party 70NA013,9910.22NA
Samyukta Socialist Party 2119614.29527,6628.4 0.27
Swatantra Party 60NA14.2913,1050.21NA
Kerala Congress 615 13.76475,1727.57 5.01
IUML 1514 810.53424,1596.75 2.92
Independent 7515 311.28531,7838.47 5.27
Total Seats133 ( 0)Voters8,613,658Turnout6,518,272 (75.67%)

Madras
Main article: 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election

Source:[11][12]

Alliances Party Popular Vote Vote % Seats contested Seats won Change
United Front[13]


Seats: 179
Seat Change: 121
Popular Vote: 8,051,433
Popular Vote %: 52.59%

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,230,552 40.69% 174 137 87
Swatantra Party 811,232 5.30% 27 20 12
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 623,114 4.07% 22 11 11
Praja Socialist Party 136,188 0.89% 4 4 4
Indian Union Muslim League 95,494 0.62% 3 3 3
Sanghata Socialist Party 84,188 0.55% 3 2 2
DMK Backed Independents 70,665 0.46% 2 2 2
Indian National Congress
Seats: 51
Seat Change: 84
Popular Vote: 6,293,378
Popular Vote %: 41.10%		 Indian National Congress 6,293,378 41.10% 232 51 84
Others
Seats: 4
Seat Change: 4		 Independents 591,214 3.86% 246 1 4
Communist Party of India 275,932 1.80% 32 2
Forward Bloc 44,714 0.29% 1 1
Republican Party of India 31,286 0.20% 13 0
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 22,745 0.15% 24 0
Total 11 Political Parties 15,310,702 100% — 234 28

Maharashtra
Main article: 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967
Political Party
 No. of candidates
 No. of elected
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Indian National Congress2702036,288,56447.03% 12
Peasants and Workers Party of India58191,043,2397.80% 4
Communist Party of India4110651,0774.87% 4
Praja Socialist Party668545,9354.08% 1
Republican Party of India795890,3776.66% 5
Bharatiya Jana Sangh16641,092,6708.17% 4
Samyukta Socialist Party484616,4664.61% 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)111145,0831.08% 1
Independents463161,948,22314.57% 1
Total124227013,371,735

Manipur
Main article: 1967 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress101,50432.5316New
Sanghata Socialist Party36,52011.704New
Communist Party of India17,0625.471New
Praja Socialist Party2,4170.770New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)2,0930.670New
Independents152,41948.859New
Total312,015100.00300
Valid votes312,01582.00
Invalid/blank votes68,50518.00
Total votes380,520100.00
Registered voters/turnout468,70781.19
Source: ECI[14]

Mysore
Main article: 1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1967
Political Party
 Contestants
 Seats won
 Seat change
 Number of votes
 Vote share
 Net change
Indian National Congress216126 123,636,37448.43% 1.79
Praja Socialist Party5220 0666,6628.88% 5.20
Swatantra Party4516 7497,0556.62% 0.53
Samyukta Socialist Party176185,2222.47%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh374211,9662.82%
Independents41 142,129,78628.36%N/A
Total216'

Odisha
Main article: 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Political PartyFlagSeats
Contested		WonNet Change
in seats		 % of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 14031 5122.1412,35,14930.66 12.62
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 190"New"021,7884.07"New"
Praja Socialist Party 3321 117.854,93,75041.16 10.73
Communist Party of India 317 352,11,99920.71 6.61
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 101"New"0.7146,59718.16"New"
Swatantra Party 10149"New"359,09,42134.78"New"
JAC 4726"New"18.575,42,73437.17"New"
Independent 212N/A1.425,05,39417.72N/A
Total Seats140 ( 0)Voters98,73,057Turnout43,48,838 (44.05%)

Punjab
Main article: 1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967[15]
Part contested Seats won change in seats popular vote %
Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh 59 24 24 8,71,742 20.48
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 49 9 1 4,18,921 9.84%
Communist Party of India 19 5 4 2,21,494 5.20%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13 3 3 1,38,857 3.26%
Republican Party of India 17 3 3 76,089 1.79%
Akali Dal Master Tara Singh Group 61 2 2 1,78,746 4.20%
Socialist Party 8 1 3 30,591 0.72%
Independents 235 9 9 6,83,369 16.05%
Indian National Congress 102 48 42 15,94,160 37.45%
Others 19 0 43,144 1.02%
Total[16] 602 104 42,57,113

Parties in green box formed coalition government

Rajasthan
Main article: 1967 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress2,798,41141.4289+1
Swatantra Party1,493,01822.1048+12
Bharatiya Jana Sangh789,60911.6922+7
Sanghata Socialist Party321,5744.768New
Communist Party of India79,8261.1800
Communist Party of India65,5310.971–4
Praja Socialist Party54,6180.810–2
Jai Telangana Party45,5760.670New
Republican Party of India8,9320.130New
Independents1,099,16916.2716–6
Total6,756,264100.00184+8
Valid votes6,756,26479.34
Invalid/blank votes1,759,34220.66
Total votes8,515,606100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,002,44785.14
Source: ECI[17]

Tripura
Main article: 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Performance of the political parties in this election
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes  % of Votes 1963 Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 5 0 1,506 0.35% No data available
Communist Party of India 7 1 34,562 7.97% No data available
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 2 93,739 21.61% No data available
Indian National Congress 30 27 251,345 57.95% No data available
Sanghata Socialist Party 1 0 83 0.02% No data available
Independents 28 0 52,457 12.10% No data available
Total 87 30 433,692

[18]

Uttar Pradesh
Main article: 1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Party Name Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) 199
Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) 98
Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) 44
Communist Party of India (CPI) 13
Swatantra Party (SWA) 12
Praja Socialist Party (PSP) 11
Republican Party of India (RPI) 10
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 1
Independent 37
Total 425

West Bengal
Main article: 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967[19]
Political Party
 No. of candidates
 No. of elected
 Number of Votes
 % of Votes
 Seat change
Indian National Congress2801275,207,93041.13% 30
Communist Party of India (Marxist)135432,293,02618.11% 43
Bangla Congress80341,286,02810.16% 34
Communist Party of India6216827,1966.53% 34
All India Forward Bloc4213561,1484.43%
Samyukta Socialist Party267269,2342.13% 7
Praja Socialist Party267238,6941.88% 2
Revolutionary Socialist Party166238,6942.14% 2
Socialist Unity Centre of India84238,6940.72% 1
Marxist Forward Bloc581167,9341.33% 1
Revolutionary Communist Party of India581167,9341.33% 8
Bharatiya Jana Sangh581167,9341.33% 1
Swatantra Party211102,5760.81% 1
Independents327311,708,01113.49% 20
Total105828012,663,030

References
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  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  3. Nazima Parveen (2021). Contested Homelands: Politics of Space and Identity. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789389000917. BJS won thirty-three of fifty-six seats of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election in 1967..
  4. Radha Raman, ed. (1 April 1976). Delhi Gazetteer - 1976. Delhi. p. 974.
  5. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  6. The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win one seat
  7. "Haryana 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  9. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF KERALA" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI.
  10. Thomas Johnson Nossiter (1 January 1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-520-04667-2.
  11. http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/3rd_1962/Review%203_62-67.pdf
  12. "Tamil Nadu 1967".
  13. Siddhartan, N. S. (17 June 1967). "Voting Pattern in the Fourth General Election. I: D M K Success in Madras". Economic and Political Weekly. 2 (24): 1083–88. JSTOR 4358065.
  14. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  15. "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1967". www.elections.in.
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  17. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  18. "1967 Tripura Election result".
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