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1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in 1967.

These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1]

1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 296 assembly constituencies
149 seats needed for a majority
Turnout53.49
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Lok Sewak Dal INC
Alliance Samyukta Vidhayak Dal
Last election N/A -
Seats won 230 84
Seat change Increase25
Popular vote 3,70,06,86
Percentage 40.60%

Chief Minister before election

Dwarka Prasad Mishra
Indian National Congress

Elected Chief Minister

Govind Narayan Singh
Samyukta Vidhayak Dal

Madhya Pradesh Result

[2]

SN Party Seats
Contested
Seats
won
Seats
Changed
%
Votes
1 Indian National Congress 296 167 +25 40.60%
2 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 265 78 +37 28.28%
3 Sanghata Socialist Party 114 10 +10 5.28%
4 Praja Socialist Party 110 9 -24 4.68%
5 Swantantra Party 21 7 -5 2.55%
6 Jan Congress 33 2 +2 1.52%
7 Communist Party of India 33 1 0 1.11%
8 Independent 296 22 -17 14.90%
Total 296

References

  1. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1977". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 June 2018.