1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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

These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 320 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1]

1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election


All 320 assembly constituencies
161 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 25
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 320 22 -17 14.90%
Total 320
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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.
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