1967 elections in India

Summary

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

General election edit

 
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[a]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 edit

Andhra Pradesh edit

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
Samyukta 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 edit

Summary of results of the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election[2]
 
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested
Won % of
Seats
Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 120 73 44.66% 1354748 43.60%
All Party Hill Leaders Conference 12 9 57.86% 108447 3.49%
Communist Party of India 22 7 30.19% 108447 5.15%
Praja Socialist Party 35 5 23.20% 213094 6.86%
Samyukta Socialist Party 17 4 26.37% 101802 3.28%
Swatantra Party 13 2 14.07% 46187 1.49%
Independent 124 26 36.12% 1004695 32.33%
Total Seats 105 Voters 5449305 Turnout 3369230 (61.83%)

Bihar edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress4,479,46033.09128–57
Samyukta 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[3]

Delhi edit

 
PartySeats
ElectedNominatedTotal
Bharatiya Jana Sangh33235
Indian National Congress19221
Republican Party of India202
Independents213
Total56561
Source: Parveen,[4] Delhi Gazetteer[5]

Goa, Daman and Diu edit

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967[6]
Political Party
Seats contested
Seats won
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 26 16 111,110 40.42%
United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) 30 12 104,426 37.98%
Independents 156 2 48,471 17.63%
Total[7] 226 30 264.007 100%

Gujarat edit

Haryana edit

 
PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress1,252,29041.3348
Bharatiya Jana Sangh436,14514.3912
Samyukta 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/turnout4,387,98072.65
Source: ECI[8]

Himachal Pradesh edit

 
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[9]

Jammu and Kashmir edit

Kerala edit

Summary of results of the 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election[10][11]
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested
Won Net Change
in seats
% of
Seats
Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 22 0 NA 0 55,584 0.88 NA
Communist Party of India   22 19   16 14.29 538,004 8.57   0.27
Communist Party of India (Marxist)   59 52   12 39.10 1,476,456 23.51   3.64
Indian National Congress 133 9   27 6.77 2,789,556 35.43   1.88
Praja Socialist Party 7 0 NA 0 13,991 0.22 NA
Samyukta Socialist Party 21 19 6 14.29 527,662 8.4   0.27
Swatantra Party 6 0 NA 14.29 13,105 0.21 NA
Kerala Congress 61 5   1 3.76 475,172 7.57   5.01
IUML 15 14   8 10.53 424,159 6.75   2.92
Independent 75 15   3 11.28 531,783 8.47   5.27
Total Seats 133 (  0) Voters 8,613,658 Turnout 6,518,272 (75.67%)

Madras edit

Source:[12][13]

 
Alliances Party Popular Vote Vote % Seats contested Seats won Change
United Front[14]


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
CPI(M) 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
Samyukta 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
Independent 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 edit

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 Congress 270 203 6,288,564 47.03%   12
Peasants and Workers Party of India 58 19 1,043,239 7.80%   4
Communist Party of India 41 10 651,077 4.87%   4
Praja Socialist Party 66 8 545,935 4.08%   1
Republican Party of India 79 5 890,377 6.66%   5
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 166 4 1,092,670 8.17%   4
Samyukta Socialist Party 48 4 616,466 4.61%   4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11 1 145,083 1.08%   1
Independents 463 16 1,948,223 14.57%   1
Total 1242 270 13,371,735

Manipur edit

 
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[15]

Mysore edit

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 Congress 216 126   12 3,636,374 48.43%   1.79
Praja Socialist Party 52 20   0 666,662 8.88%   5.20
Swatantra Party 45 16   7 497,055 6.62%   0.53
Samyukta Socialist Party 17 6 185,222 2.47%
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 37 4 211,966 2.82%
Independents 41   14 2,129,786 28.36% N/A
Total 216

Odisha edit

Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election
Political Party Flag Seats
Contested
Won Net Change
in seats
% of
Seats
Votes Vote % Change in
vote %
Indian National Congress 140 31   51 22.14 12,35,149 30.66   12.62
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 19 0 "New" 0 21,788 4.07 "New"
Praja Socialist Party 33 21   11 7.85 4,93,750 41.16   10.73
Communist Party of India 31 7   3 5 2,11,999 20.71   6.61
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10 1 "New" 0.71 46,597 18.16 "New"
Swatantra Party 101 49 "New" 35 9,09,421 34.78 "New"
JAC 47 26 "New" 18.57 5,42,734 37.17 "New"
Independent 21 2 N/A 1.42 5,05,394 17.72 N/A
Total Seats 140 (  0) Voters 98,73,057 Turnout 43,48,838 (44.05%)

Punjab edit

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967[16]
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[17] 602 104 42,57,113

Parties in green box formed coalition government

Rajasthan edit

 
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[18]

Tripura edit

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

[19]

Uttar Pradesh edit

 
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Indian National Congress6,912,10432.20 4.13%199 50
Bharatiya Jana Sangh4,651,73821.67 5.21%98 49
Samyukta Socialist Party2,140,9249.97 7.41%44 20
Communist Party of India692,9423.23 1.85%13 1
Swatantra Party1,016,2844.73 0.13%12 3
Praja Socialist Party878,7384.09 7.43%11 27
Republican Party of India889,0104.14 0.40%10 2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)272,5651.27new party1new party
Independents4,013,66118.70 5.99%37 6
Total21,467,966100.00425 5
Valid votes21,467,96693.38
Invalid/blank votes1,521,7856.62
Total votes22,989,751100.00
Registered voters/turnout42,148,10054.55

West Bengal edit

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967[20]
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Seat change
Indian National Congress 280 127 5,207,930 41.13%   30
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 135 43 2,293,026 18.11%   43
Bangla Congress 80 34 1,286,028 10.16%   34
Communist Party of India 62 16 827,196 6.53%   34
All India Forward Bloc 42 13 561,148 4.43%  
Samyukta Socialist Party 26 7 269,234 2.13%   7
Praja Socialist Party 26 7 238,694 1.88%   2
Revolutionary Socialist Party 16 6 238,694 2.14%   2
Socialist Unity Centre of India 8 4 238,694 0.72%   1
Marxist Forward Bloc 58 1 167,934 1.33%   1
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 58 1 167,934 1.33%   8
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 58 1 167,934 1.33%   1
Swatantra Party 21 1 102,576 0.81%   1
Independents 327 31 1,708,011 13.49%   20
Total 1058 280 12,663,030

References edit

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ^ 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..
  5. ^ Radha Raman, ed. (1 April 1976). Delhi Gazetteer - 1976. Delhi. p. 974.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013.
  7. ^ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win one seat
  8. ^ "Haryana 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  10. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF KERALA" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "The Madras Legislative Assembly, 1962-67, A Review" (PDF). assembly.tn.gov.in. 24 August 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Tamil Nadu 1967".
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  16. ^ "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1967". www.elections.in.
  17. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election Punjab 1967". Election Commission of India.
  18. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  19. ^ "1967 Tripura Election result".
  20. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013.

External links edit

  • Election Commission of India