1967 elections in India

none May 2025 Elections in India India 1965 elections in India 1965 1967 1968 elections in India 1968 The elections in India in 1967 included the 1967 Indian general election and nine state legislative assembly elections. General election 1967 Indian general election 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 – Master 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 Legislative Assembly elections Andhra Pradesh 1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election Bharatiya Jana Sangh 291783 3 Communist Party of India 1077499 11 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1053855 9 Indian National Congress 6292649 165 Praja Socialist Party 28564 0 Republican Party of India 36757 1 Samyukta Socialist Party 49669 1 Swatantra Party 1363382 29 Independents 3658928 68 2333093 20934068 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4045-andhra-pradesh-1967/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh Election Commission of India 22 December 2021 Assam 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly electionhttps://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam Election Commission of India 2020-03-28 yes |- !colspan=10|File:India Assam Legislative Assembly 1967.svg |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! % of Seats !! Votes !! Vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 120 || 73 || 44.66% || 1354748 || 43.60% |- | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | style="text-align:left;" |All Party Hill Leaders Conference | | 12 || 9 || 57.86% || 108447 || 3.49% |- | Communist Party of India | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 22 || 7 || 30.19% || 108447 || 5.15% |- | Praja Socialist Party | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party | | 35 || 5 || 23.20% || 213094 || 6.86% |- | Samyukta Socialist Party | style="text-align:left;" |Samyukta Socialist Party | | 17 || 4 || 26.37% || 101802 || 3.28% |- | Swatantra Party | style="text-align:left;" |Swatantra Party | | 13 || 2 || 14.07% || 46187 || 1.49% |- | Independent politician | | 124 || 26 || 36.12% || 1004695 || 32.33% |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| Total Seats ! 105 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 5449305 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! 3369230 (61.83%) |} Bihar 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Indian National Congress 4479460 128 –57 Samyukta Socialist Party 2385961 68 New Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1410722 26 +23 Praja Socialist Party 942889 18 –11 Communist Party of India 935977 24 +12 Jan Kranti Dal 451412 13 New Swatantra Party 315184 3 –47 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 173656 4 New Republican Party of India 23893 1 New Independents 2419469 33 –21 0 4914436 27743190 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3889-bihar-1967/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar Election Commission of India 29 November 2021 Delhi 1967 Delhi Metropolitan Council election File:India Delhi Metropolitan Council 1967.svg Elected Nominated Total Bharatiya Jana Sangh 33 2 35 Indian National Congress 19 2 21 Republican Party of India 2 0 2 Independents 2 1 3 Parveen,Contested Homelands: Politics of Space and Identity Nazima Parveen 2021 9789389000917 Bloomsbury Publishing BJS won thirty-three of fifty-six seats of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election in 1967.. Delhi Gazetteerhttps://books.google.com/books?id=acoBAAAAMAAJ Delhi Gazetteer - 1976 1 April 1976 Radha Raman Delhi 974 Goa, Daman and Diu 1967 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statisticall%20Report%20Goa%201967.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU 27 January 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130127185815/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statisticall%20Report%20Goa%201967.pdf Election Commission of India yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=2|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats contested !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes |- | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party |align="left"|Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party||26||16||111,110||40.42% |- | United Goans Party |align="left"|United Goans Party (Sequeira Group)||30||12||104,426||37.98% |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||156||2||48,471||17.63% |- !colspan=2|TotalThe total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win one seat!!226!!30!!264.007!!100% |- |} Gujarat 1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election File:India Gujarat Legislative Assembly 1967.svg Indian National Congress 2933059 93 20 Swatantra Party 2436901 66 40 Praja Socialist Party 212314 3 4 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 120147 1 New Others 28574 0 0 Independents 650097 5 12 14 1618322 10694972 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3829-gujarat-1967/ Statistical Report on Generlal Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat Election Commission of India 1 August 2022 Haryana 1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election File:India Haryana Legislative Assembly 1967.svg Indian National Congress 1252290 48 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 436145 12 Samyukta Socialist Party 108172 0 Swatantra Party 96410 3 Republican Party of India 87861 2 Communist Party of India 27238 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16379 0 Praja Socialist Party 6477 0 Independents 998969 16 931825 3187946 4387980 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3816-haryana-1967 Haryana 1967 Election Commission of India 13 February 2022 Himachal Pradesh 1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election File:India Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1967.svg Indian National Congress 323247 34 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 106261 7 Communist Party of India 22173 2 Swatantra Party 14767 1 Others 7787 0 Independents 291884 16 44234 1582103 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3801-himachal-pradesh-1967/ Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1967 Election Commission of India 8 July 2021 Jammu and Kashmir 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1967.svg Indian National Congress 423922 61 New Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 137179 8 62 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 131542 3 New Others 38552 0 0 Independents 68377 3 1 0 124727 1419253 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3789-jammu-kashmir-1967/ Jammu & Kashmir 1967 Election Commission of India 22 June 2022 Kerala 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly electionSTATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF KERALA http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1967_ST_REP.pdf www.ceo.kerala.gov.in ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI Thomas Johnson Nossiter Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation https://books.google.com/books?id=8CSQUxVjjWQC&pg=PA128 1 January 1982 University of California Press 978-0-520-04667-2 128 yes |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 22 || 0 || NA || 0 || 55,584 || 0.88 || NA |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Communist Party of India | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | 35px | 22 || 19 || 16 || 14.29 || 538,004 || 8.57 || 0.27 |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 35px | 59 || 52 || 12 || 39.10 || 1,476,456 || 23.51 || 3.64 |- | Indian National Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 133 || 9 || 27 || 6.77 || 2,789,556 || 35.43 || 1.88 |- | Praja Socialist Party | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party | | 7 || 0 || NA || 0 || 13,991 || 0.22 || NA |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Samyukta Socialist Party | style="text-align:left;" |Samyukta Socialist Party | | 21 || 19 || 6 || 14.29 || 527,662 || 8.4 || 0.27 |- | Swatantra Party | style="text-align:left;" |Swatantra Party | | 6 || 0 || NA || 14.29 || 13,105 || 0.21 || NA |- | Kerala Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Kerala Congress | | 61 || 5 || 1 || 3.76 || 475,172 || 7.57 || 5.01 |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian Union Muslim League | | 15 || 14 || 8 || 10.53 || 424,159 || 6.75 || 2.92 |- | Independent politician | | 75 || 15 || 3 || 11.28 || 531,783 || 8.47 || 5.27 |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 133 ( 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 8,613,658 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|6,518,272 (75.67%) |} Madras 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election Source:The Madras Legislative Assembly, 1962-67, A Review https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/3rd_1962/Review%203_62-67.pdf assembly.tn.gov.in https://web.archive.org/web/20220203060340/https://assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/3rd_1962/Review%203_62-67.pdf 3 February 2022 24 August 1976 deadhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3325-tamil-nadu-1967 Tamil Nadu 1967 File:India Madras Legislative Assembly 1967.svgAlliancesPartyPopular VoteVote %Seats contestedSeats wonChangeUnited Front N. S. Siddhartan Voting Pattern in the Fourth General Election. I: D M K Success in Madras Economic and Political Weekly 2 24 1083–88 17 June 1967 4358065 Seats: 179Seat Change: 121Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6,230,552 40.69% 174 137 87Swatantra Party 811,232 5.30% 27 20 12Communist Party of India (Marxist) 623,114 4.07% 22 11 11Praja Socialist Party 136,188 0.89% 4 4 4Indian Union Muslim League 95,494 0.62% 3 3 3Samyukta Socialist Party 84,188 0.55% 3 2 2 DMK Backed Independents 70,665 0.46% 2 2 2Indian National CongressSeats: 51 Seat Change: 84Popular Vote: 6,293,378Popular Vote %: 41.10%Indian National Congress 6,293,378 41.10% 232 51 84OthersSeats: 4 Seat Change: 4Independent (politician) Independents 591,214 3.86% 246 1 4Communist 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 Parties15,310,702100% —234 28 Maharashtra 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967 yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||270||203||6,288,564||47.03%|| 12 |- | Peasants and Workers Party of India |align="left"|Peasants and Workers Party of India||58||19||1,043,239||7.80%|| 4 |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||41||10||651,077||4.87%|| 4 |- | Praja Socialist Party |align="left"|Praja Socialist Party||66||8||545,935||4.08%|| 1 |- | Republican Party of India |align="left"|Republican Party of India||79||5||890,377||6.66%|| 5 |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |align="left"|Bharatiya Jana Sangh||166||4||1,092,670||8.17%|| 4 |- | Samyukta Socialist Party |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party||48||4||616,466||4.61%|| 4 |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||11||1||145,083||1.08%|| 1 |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||463||16||1,948,223||14.57%|| 1 |- |- | |align="left"|Total||1242||270||13,371,735|| |- |} Manipur 1967 Manipur Legislative Assembly election File:India Manipur Legislative Assembly 1967.svg Indian National Congress 101504 16 New Sanghata Socialist Party 36520 4 New Communist Party of India 17062 1 New Praja Socialist Party 2417 0 New Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2093 0 New Independents 152419 9 New 0 68505 468707 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3702-manipur-1967/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur Election Commission of India 20 October 2021 Mysore 1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1967 yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Contestants !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats won !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote share !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Net change |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||216||126|| 12||3,636,374||48.43%|| 1.79 |- | Praja Socialist Party |align="left"|Praja Socialist Party||52||20|| 0 ||666,662||8.88%|| 5.20 |- | Swatantra Party |align="left"|Swatantra Party||45||16|| 7||497,055 ||6.62%|| 0.53 |- | Samyukta Socialist Party |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party||17||6||||185,222||2.47%|| |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |align="left"|Bharatiya Jana Sangh||37||4||||211,966||2.82%|| |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||||41|| 14||2,129,786||28.36%||N/A |- | |align="left"|Total||||216|||||||| |- |} Odisha 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election yes |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" | ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % |- style="background: #90EE90;" | Indian National Congress | style="text-align:left;" |Indian National Congress | | 140 || 31 || 51 || 22.14 || 12,35,149 || 30.66 || 12.62 |- | | style="text-align:left;" |Bharatiya Jana Sangh | | 19 || 0 || "New" || 0 || 21,788 || 4.07 || "New" |- | Praja Socialist Party | style="text-align:left;" |Praja Socialist Party | | 33 || 21 || 11 || 7.85 || 4,93,750 || 41.16 || 10.73 |- | Communist Party of India | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India | | 31 || 7 || 3 || 5 || 2,11,999 || 20.71 || 6.61 |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | style="text-align:left;" |Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | 10 || 1 || "New" || 0.71 || 46,597 || 18.16 || "New" |- | Swatantra Party | style="text-align:left;" |Swatantra Party | | 101 || 49 || "New" || 35 || 9,09,421 || 34.78 || "New" |- | Orissa Jana Congress | style="text-align:left;" |JAC | | 47 || 26 || "New" || 18.57 || 5,42,734 || 37.17 || "New" |- | Independent politician | | 21 || 2 || N/A || 1.42 || 5,05,394 || 17.72 || N/A |- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3| ! style="text-align:center;" |Total Seats !! 140 ( 0) !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !! 98,73,057 !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout !! colspan = 2|43,48,838 (44.05%) |} Punjab 1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967https://www.elections.in//punjab/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1967 www.elections.inPartcontestedSeats won change in seatspopular vote%Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh5924 248,71,74220.48 Bharatiya Jana Sangh499 14,18,9219.84% Communist Party of India195 42,21,4945.20% Communist Party of India (Marxist)133 31,38,8573.26% Republican Party of India173 376,0891.79% Akali Dal Master Tara Singh Group612 21,78,7464.20% Socialist Party81 330,5910.72% Independents2359 96,83,36916.05%Indian National Congress10248 4215,94,16037.45%Others19043,1441.02%Totalhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3445-punjab-1967/ Statistical Report on General Election Punjab 1967 Election Commission of India60210442,57,113 Parties in green box formed coalition government Rajasthan 1967 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election File:India Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1967.svg Indian National Congress 2798411 89 +1 Swatantra Party 1493018 48 +12 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 789609 22 +7 Sanghata Socialist Party 321574 8 New Communist Party of India 79826 0 0 Communist Party of India 65531 1 –4 Praja Socialist Party 54618 0 –2 Jai Telangana Party 45576 0 New Republican Party of India 8932 0 New Independents 1099169 16 –6 +8 1759342 10002447 ECIhttps://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3382-rajasthan-1967/ Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan Election Commission of India 22 December 2021 Tripura 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 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1967/ 1967 Tripura Election result Uttar Pradesh 1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election File:UP LA 1967.svg Indian National Congress 6912104 4.13% 199 50 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 4651738 5.21% 98 49 Samyukta Socialist Party 2140924 7.41% 44 20 Communist Party of India 692942 1.85% 13 1 Swatantra Party 1016284 0.13% 12 3 Praja Socialist Party 878738 7.43% 11 27 Republican Party of India 889010 0.40% 10 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 272565 new party 1 new party Independents 4013661 5.99% 37 6 5 21467966 1521785 42148100 West Bengal 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal 27 January 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130127180235/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Indian National Congress||280||127||5,207,930||41.13%|| 30 |- | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||135||43||2,293,026||18.11%|| 43 |- | Bangla Congress |align="left"|Bangla Congress||80||34||1,286,028||10.16%|| 34 |- | Communist Party of India |align="left"|Communist Party of India||62||16||827,196||6.53%|| 34 |- | All India Forward Bloc |align="left"|All India Forward Bloc||42||13||561,148||4.43%|| |- | |align="left"|Samyukta Socialist Party||26||7||269,234||2.13%|| 7 |- | Praja Socialist Party |align="left"|Praja Socialist Party||26||7||238,694||1.88%|| 2 |- | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) |align="left"|Revolutionary Socialist Party||16||6||238,694||2.14%|| 2 |- | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |align="left"|Socialist Unity Centre of India||8||4||238,694||0.72%|| 1 |- | Marxist Forward Bloc |align="left"|Marxist Forward Bloc||58||1||167,934||1.33%|| 1 |- | Revolutionary Communist Party of India |align="left"|Revolutionary Communist Party of India||58||1||167,934||1.33%|| 8 |- | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |align="left"|Bharatiya Jana Sangh||58||1||167,934||1.33%|| 1 |- | Swatantra Party |align="left"|Swatantra Party||21||1||102,576||0.81%|| 1 |- | Independent (politician) |align="left"|Independents||327||31||1,708,011||13.49%|| 20 |- | |align="left"|Total||1058||280||12,663,030|||| |- |} References 2 External links Election Commission of India Category:1967 elections in India India Category:1967 in India Category:Elections in India by year