1967 elections in India

General election


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	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[lower-alpha 1]				3	–11
Total		145,866,510	100.00	523	+15

Valid votes		145,866,510	95.51
Invalid/blank votes		6,858,101	4.49
Total votes		152,724,611	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		250,207,401	61.04
Source: ECI

Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	4,479,460	33.09	128	–57
	Sanghata 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		13,538,623	100.00	318	0

Valid votes		13,538,623	73.37
Invalid/blank votes		4,914,436	26.63
Total votes		18,453,059	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,743,190	66.51
Source: ECI[1]


Party		Seats

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		56	5	61

Source: Parveen,[2] Delhi Gazetteer[3]

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967[4]
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[5]		226	30	264.007	100%

Rank	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	% votes
1	Indian National Congress	60	34	42.19
2	Independent	60	16	38.10
3	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	33	7	13.87
4	CPI	11	2	2.89
5	Swatantra Party	5	1	1.93
	Total		60

Source:[6]

Source:[7][8]

Alliances	Party	Popular Vote	Vote %	Seats contested	Seats won	Change
United Front[9] 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
	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: 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	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
	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

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


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	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		312,015	100.00	30	0

Valid votes		312,015	82.00
Invalid/blank votes		68,505	18.00
Total votes		380,520	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		468,707	81.19
Source: ECI[10]

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967[11]
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

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"STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win one seat
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/3rd_1962/Review%203_62-67.pdf
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