1967 Indian general election

none July 2016 July 2016 India parliamentary 1962 Indian general election 1962 1971 Indian general election 1971 17–21 February 1967 520 of the 523 seats in the Lok Sabhaseats Two seats were reserved for Anglo-Indians and one for the North-East Frontier Agency, which were filled by presidential nomination 261 250,207,401 61.04% ( 5.62pp) Indira Gandhi 1966(cropped).jpg 150 130 150 05 10 Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress 44.72%, 361 seats 283 78 59,490,701 40.78% 3.94pp Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg 130 130 150 0 0 C. Rajagopalachari Swatantra Party 7.89%, 18 seats 44 26 12,646,847 8.67% 0.78pp Deendayal Upadhyaya 2018 stamp of India.jpg 160 130 150 25 40 Deendayal Upadhyaya Bharatiya Jana Sangh 6.44%, 14 seats 35 21 13,580,935 9.31% 2.87pp S.A. Dange.jpg 150 130 150 10 05 Shripad Amrit Dange Communist Party of India 9.94%, 29 seats 23 6 7,458,396 5.11% 4.83pp Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1967.svg Results by constituency Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi Indian National Congress List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the fourth Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha Election Commission of India 13 January 2010 5 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf 18 July 2014 dmy-all Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so. The incumbent Indian National Congress government retained power, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. Indira Gandhi was resworn in as the Prime Minister on 13 March. Background By 1967 economic growth in India had slowed – the 1961–1966 Five-Year Plan gave a target of 6% annual growth, but actual growth rate was 2%. Under Lal Bahadur Shastri, the government's popularity was boosted after India prevailed in the 1965 War with Pakistan, but the war, along with the previous 1962 War with China, put a strain on the economy. Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress while its two popular leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri had both died. Indira Gandhi had succeeded Shastri as leader, but a rift had emerged between her and Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who had been her rival in the 1966 party leadership contest.2 June 1970 politics since independence The Age https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19700602&id=dgkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7395,224298 29 March 2014 11 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170511042114/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19700602&id=dgkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7395,224298 live Results thumb|Stamp of India - 1967 general polling booth The INC suffered setbacks in seven states, including Gujarat where it won 11 of the 24 seats while the Swatantra Party won 12 seats; Madras State, where INC won 3 out of 39 seats and DMK won 25 seats; Orissa, where they won 6 out of 20 seats and Swatantra Party won 8 seats. Rajasthan where they won 10 out of 20 seats Swatantra Party won 8 seats, West Bengal where they won 14 out of 40, Kerala where they won only 1 out of 19. Delhi where they won 1 out of 7 while remaining 6 were won by Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The party was also ousted from power in nine states, while losing governance in Uttar Pradesh one month after the election.Ananth V. Krishna 2017-02-22 Why 1967 general election was a watershed in Indian politics and the lessons it left behind https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-1967-poll-that-changed-india-2330738 2020-12-03 DNA India en 12 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190712100203/https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-1967-poll-that-changed-india-2330738 live 350px Indian National Congress 59490701 283 –78 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 13580935 35 +21 Swatantra Party 12646847 44 +26 Communist Party of India 7458396 23 –6 Samyukta Socialist Party 7171627 23 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6246522 19 New Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5529405 25 +18 Praja Socialist Party 4456487 13 +1 Republican Party of India 3607711 1 –2 Bangla Congress 1204356 5 New Peasants and Workers Party of India 1028755 2 +2 Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh 968712 3 New All India Forward Bloc 627910 2 0 Indian Union Muslim League 413868 2 0 Kerala Congress 321219 0 New Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 210020 1 New Akali Dal – Tara Singh 189290 0 New Jana Kranti Dal 183211 1 New Jana Congress 136631 0 New All Party Hill Leaders Conference 112492 1 0 United Goans – Seqveria Group 100137 1 New Peoples Front 42725 0 New Democratic National Conference 30788 0 New United Goans – Furtadd Group 1714 0 New Nagaland Nationalist Organisation 0 1 New Independents 20106051 35 +15 Appointed membersTwo representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency. 3 –11 6858101 250207401 +15 ECI State wise State (# of seats)PartySeats contestedSeats won% of votesAndhra Pradesh(41) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress413546.82 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party19313.75 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party Of India22112.62 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist)906.2 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh401.0 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent63218.52Assam(14) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress141045.84 Asom Gana ParishadPraja Socialist Party4212.80 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party Of India418.27 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh305.48 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent18019.08Bihar(53) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress533434.81 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party34717.83 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India1759.93 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent99413.95 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh48111.05 Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party3217.38 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party2503.41Gujarat(24) Swatantra PartySwatantra Party211239.92 Indian National CongressIndian National Congress241146.92 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent2819.51Haryana(9) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress9744.06 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh7119.85 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent36119.77 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party205.6 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party505.5Jammu & Kashmir(6) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress6550.52 Jammu & Kashmir National ConferenceJammu & Kashmir National Conference4124.92 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh3020.34Kerala(19) Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist)9924.56 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India337.99 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party338.24 Muslim LeagueMuslim League226.6 Indian National CongressIndian National Congress19136.15 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent1217.36 Kerala CongressKerala Congress505.12Madhya Pradesh(37) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress372440.78 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh321029.56 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent61213.65 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party212.74Madras(39) Dravida Munnetra KazhagamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam252535.78 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party869.16 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 546.85 Indian National CongressIndian National Congress39341.69 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent3614.07Maharashtra(45) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress453748.51 Peasants And Workers Party Of IndiaPeasants And Workers Party Of India1127.54 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 725.14 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party523.74 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent62111.45 Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party812.55 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh2607.36 Republican Party Of IndiaRepublican Party Of India17012.71Mysore(27) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress271849.02 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party11514.29 Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party525.12 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party212.61 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent45122.0Orissa(20) Swatantra PartySwatantra Party17830.87 Indian National CongressIndian National Congress20633.33 Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party5416.1 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party214.5 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent16110.81Punjab(13) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress13937.31 Akali Dal – Sant Fateh SinghAkali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh8322.61 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh8112.49 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent2509.32Rajasthan(23) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress221039.95 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party14827.04 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh7310.27 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent64217.12Uttar Pradesh(85) Indian National CongressIndian National Congress854733.44 Bharatiya Jana SanghBharatiya Jana Sangh771222.18 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party43810.27 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent190817.08 Communist Party of India Communist Party of India1753.26 Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party2723.74 Swatantra PartySwatantra Party3814.77 Republican Party Of IndiaRepublican Party Of India2414.07 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 611.19West Bengal(40) Indian National Congress Indian National Congress401439.69 Independent (politician) IndependentIndependent44715.28 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16515.65 Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party Of India 1159.14 Bangla Congress Bangla Congress759.36 All India Forward BlocAll India Forward Bloc624.88 Praja Socialist PartyPraja Socialist Party211.7 Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party311.49Source=ECI See also List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha :Category:1967 Indian general election by state or union territory References India India Category:General elections in India