# 1967 elections in India

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

## General election

| | Indian National Congress | 59,490,701 | 40.78 | 283 | –78 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 13,580,935 | 9.31 | 35 | +21 |
| | Swatantra Party | 12,646,847 | 8.67 | 44 | +26 |
| | Communist Party of India | 7,458,396 | 5.11 | 23 | –6 |
| | Samyukta Socialist Party | 7,171,627 | 4.92 | 23 | New |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 6,246,522 | 4.28 | 19 | New |
| | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 5,529,405 | 3.79 | 25 | +18 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 4,456,487 | 3.06 | 13 | +1 |
| | Republican Party of India | 3,607,711 | 2.47 | 1 | –2 |
| | Bangla Congress | 1,204,356 | 0.83 | 5 | New |
| | Peasants and Workers Party of India | 1,028,755 | 0.71 | 2 | +2 |
| | Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh | 968,712 | 0.66 | 3 | New |
| | All India Forward Bloc | 627,910 | 0.43 | 2 | 0 |
| | Indian Union Muslim League | 413,868 | 0.28 | 2 | 0 |
| | Kerala Congress | 321,219 | 0.22 | 0 | New |
| | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 210,020 | 0.14 | 1 | New |
| | Akali Dal – Master Tara Singh | 189,290 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | Jana Kranti Dal | 183,211 | 0.13 | 1 | New |
| | Jana Congress | 136,631 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | 112,492 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 |
| | United Goans – Seqveria Group | 100,137 | 0.07 | 1 | New |
| | Peoples Front | 42,725 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| | Democratic National Conference | 30,788 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| | United Goans – Furtadd Group | 1,714 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| | Nagaland Nationalist Organisation | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | New |
| | Independents | 20,106,051 | 13.78 | 35 | +15 |
| Appointed members | Appointed members | | | 3 | –11 |
| Total | Total | 145,866,510 | 100.00 | 523 | +15 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 145,866,510 | 95.51 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 6,858,101 | 4.49 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 152,724,611 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 250,207,401 | 61.04 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||
* ↑ Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.

## Legislative Assembly elections
### Andhra Pradesh

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 291,783 | 2.11 | 3 |
| | Communist Party of India | 1,077,499 | 7.78 | 11 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1,053,855 | 7.61 | 9 |
| | Indian National Congress | 6,292,649 | 45.42 | 165 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 28,564 | 0.21 | 0 |
| | Republican Party of India | 36,757 | 0.27 | 1 |
| | Samyukta Socialist Party | 49,669 | 0.36 | 1 |
| | Swatantra Party | 1,363,382 | 9.84 | 29 |
| | Independents | 3,658,928 | 26.41 | 68 |
| Total | Total | 13,853,086 | 100.00 | 287 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 13,853,086 | 85.59 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,333,093 | 14.41 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 16,186,179 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 20,934,068 | 77.32 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

### Assam

Summary of results of the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election :
| | 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 | Total Seats | Total Seats | 105 | Voters | 5449305 | Turnout | 3369230 (61.83%) |

### Bihar

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| | Indian National Congress | 4,479,460 | 33.09 | 128 | –57 |
| | Samyukta Socialist Party | 2,385,961 | 17.62 | 68 | New |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1,410,722 | 10.42 | 26 | +23 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 942,889 | 6.96 | 18 | –11 |
| | Communist Party of India | 935,977 | 6.91 | 24 | +12 |
| | Jan Kranti Dal | 451,412 | 3.33 | 13 | New |
| | Swatantra Party | 315,184 | 2.33 | 3 | –47 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 173,656 | 1.28 | 4 | New |
| | Republican Party of India | 23,893 | 0.18 | 1 | New |
| | Independents | 2,419,469 | 17.87 | 33 | –21 |
| Total | Total | 13,538,623 | 100.00 | 318 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 13,538,623 | 73.37 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 4,914,436 | 26.63 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 18,453,059 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 27,743,190 | 66.51 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Delhi

Seats :
| Party | Party | 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 |
| Total | Total | 56 | 5 | 61 |
| Source: Parveen, Delhi Gazetteer |||||

### Goa, Daman and Diu

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967 :
| Political Party | 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 | Total | 226 | 30 | 264.007 | 100% |

### Haryana

Seats :
| | Indian National Congress | 1,252,290 | 41.33 | 48 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 436,145 | 14.39 | 12 |
| | Samyukta Socialist Party | 108,172 | 3.57 | 0 |
| | Swatantra Party | 96,410 | 3.18 | 3 |
| | Republican Party of India | 87,861 | 2.90 | 2 |
| | Communist Party of India | 27,238 | 0.90 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16,379 | 0.54 | 0 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 6,477 | 0.21 | 0 |
| | Independents | 998,969 | 32.97 | 16 |
| Total | Total | 3,029,941 | 100.00 | 81 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,029,941 | 76.48 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 931,825 | 23.52 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 3,187,946 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,387,980 | 72.65 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

### Himachal Pradesh

Seats :
| | Indian National Congress | 323,247 | 42.19 | 34 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 106,261 | 13.87 | 7 |
| | Communist Party of India | 22,173 | 2.89 | 2 |
| | Swatantra Party | 14,767 | 1.93 | 1 |
| | Others | 7,787 | 1.02 | 0 |
| | Independents | 291,884 | 38.10 | 16 |
| Total | Total | 766,119 | 100.00 | 60 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 766,119 | 94.54 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 44,234 | 5.46 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 810,353 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,582,103 | 51.22 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

### Kerala

Summary of results of the 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election :
| Political Party | 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%) | 6,518,272 (75.67%) |

### Madras

Source:
Change :
| United Front 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 |
| United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: 121 Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% | | Swatantra Party | 811,232 | 5.30% | 27 | 20 | 12 |
| United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: 121 Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% | | CPI(M) | 623,114 | 4.07% | 22 | 11 | 11 |
| United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: 121 Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% | | Praja Socialist Party | 136,188 | 0.89% | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: 121 Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% | | Indian Union Muslim League | 95,494 | 0.62% | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: 121 Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% | | Samyukta Socialist Party | 84,188 | 0.55% | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| United Front Seats: 179 Seat Change: 121 Popular Vote: 8,051,433 Popular Vote %: 52.59% | DMK Backed Independents | 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 |
| Others Seats: 4 Seat Change: 4 | | Communist Party of India | 275,932 | 1.80% | 32 | 2 | |
| Others Seats: 4 Seat Change: 4 | | Forward Bloc | 44,714 | 0.29% | 1 | 1 | |
| Others Seats: 4 Seat Change: 4 | | Republican Party of India | 31,286 | 0.20% | 13 | 0 | |
| Others Seats: 4 Seat Change: 4 | | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 22,745 | 0.15% | 24 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 Political Parties | 11 Political Parties | 15,310,702 | 100% | — | 234 | 28 |

### Maharashtra

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

| | Indian National Congress | 101,504 | 32.53 | 16 | New |
| | Sanghata Socialist Party | 36,520 | 11.70 | 4 | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 17,062 | 5.47 | 1 | New |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 2,417 | 0.77 | 0 | New |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,093 | 0.67 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 152,419 | 48.85 | 9 | New |
| Total | Total | 312,015 | 100.00 | 30 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 312,015 | 82.00 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 68,505 | 18.00 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 380,520 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 468,707 | 81.19 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Mysore

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

Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election :
| Political Party | 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%) | 43,48,838 (44.05%) |

### Punjab

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967 :
| 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 | 602 | 104 | | 42,57,113 | |
Parties in green box formed coalition government

### Rajasthan

| | Indian National Congress | 2,798,411 | 41.42 | 89 | +1 |
| | Swatantra Party | 1,493,018 | 22.10 | 48 | +12 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 789,609 | 11.69 | 22 | +7 |
| | Sanghata Socialist Party | 321,574 | 4.76 | 8 | New |
| | Communist Party of India | 79,826 | 1.18 | 0 | 0 |
| | Communist Party of India | 65,531 | 0.97 | 1 | –4 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 54,618 | 0.81 | 0 | –2 |
| | Jai Telangana Party | 45,576 | 0.67 | 0 | New |
| | Republican Party of India | 8,932 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | 1,099,169 | 16.27 | 16 | –6 |
| Total | Total | 6,756,264 | 100.00 | 184 | +8 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,756,264 | 79.34 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,759,342 | 20.66 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 8,515,606 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 10,002,447 | 85.14 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### Tripura

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 | | |

### Uttar Pradesh

| | Indian National Congress | 6,912,104 | 32.20 | 4.13% | 199 | 50 |
| | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 4,651,738 | 21.67 | 5.21% | 98 | 49 |
| | Samyukta Socialist Party | 2,140,924 | 9.97 | 7.41% | 44 | 20 |
| | Communist Party of India | 692,942 | 3.23 | 1.85% | 13 | 1 |
| | Swatantra Party | 1,016,284 | 4.73 | 0.13% | 12 | 3 |
| | Praja Socialist Party | 878,738 | 4.09 | 7.43% | 11 | 27 |
| | Republican Party of India | 889,010 | 4.14 | 0.40% | 10 | 2 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 272,565 | 1.27 | new party | 1 | new party |
| | Independents | 4,013,661 | 18.70 | 5.99% | 37 | 6 |
| Total | Total | 21,467,966 | 100.00 | – | 425 | 5 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 21,467,966 | 93.38 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 1,521,785 | 6.62 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 22,989,751 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 42,148,100 | 54.55 | | | |

### West Bengal

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 :
| 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 | | |