1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election
Results

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Alliances	Party	Popular Vote	Vote %	Seats contested	Seats won	Change

United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: +123 Popular Vote: 8,051,437 Popular Vote %: 52.59%	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	6,230,556	40.69%	174	137	+87

Swatantra Party	811,232	5.30%	27	20	+14

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: -88 Popular Vote: 6,293,378 Popular Vote %: 41.10%	Indian National Congress	6,293,378	41.10%	232	51	88

Others Seats: 4 Seat Change: -5	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	2

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	—

Sentence(s)

DMK and its allies won 179 seats.

final_sentence: DMK and its allies won 179 seats.