1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1] United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed first non-Congress government of the state.

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

25 February 1967
All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 148 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Prafulla Chandra Sen Jyoti Basu Ajoy Mukherjee Party INC CPI (M) Bangla Congress Alliance INC+ PULF PULF Leader's seat Arambag Baranagar Tamluk Seats won 127 43 34 Seat change 30 43 34 Popular vote 5,207,930 2,293,026 1,286,028 Percentage 41.13% 18.11% 10.16%
Chief Minister before election Prafulla Chandra Sen INC Chief Minister Ajoy Mukherjee Bangla Congress/United Front

Results

 Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967[2]

	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	561148	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

Alliance wise result

Post-Poll Alliance

United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee formed the Government. United Front was combination of People's United Left Front, an electoral combination of Communist Party of India, the Bangla Congress, the All India Forward Bloc and the Bolshevik Party of India[3] with United Left Front (1967), electoral alliance of The front comprised the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the Workers Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party.[3]

References

1. "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
2. "eci.nic.in" (PDF).
3. M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.