1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1967

All 104 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly,
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.18%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader - - -
Party INC ADSFS BJS
Leader's seat -
Seats won 48 24 9
Seat change 42 New 1
Percentage 37.45 20.48% 9.84%

Chief Minister before election

Gurmukh Singh
INC

Chief Minister

Gurnam Singh and Lashman Singh Gill
AD-SFS. President's rule

Result

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967[1]
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[2] 602 104 42,57,113

Parties in green box formed coalition government

Government formation

After result Gurnam Singh formed the government but in November 1967 Lashman Singh Gill with 16 MLAs defected and with the support of Indian National Congress formed government which lasted till August 1968.

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