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 Congress2801275,207,93041.13% 30
Communist Party of India (Marxist)135432,293,02618.11% 43
Bangla Congress80341,286,02810.16% 34
Communist Party of India6216827,1966.53% 34
All India Forward Bloc42135611484.43%
Samyukta Socialist Party267269,2342.13% 7
Praja Socialist Party267238,6941.88% 2
Revolutionary Socialist Party166238,6942.14% 2
Socialist Unity Centre of India84238,6940.72% 1
Marxist Forward Bloc581167,9341.33% 1
Revolutionary Communist Party of India581167,9341.33% 8
Bharatiya Jana Sangh581167,9341.33% 1
Swatantra Party211102,5760.81% 1
Independents327311,708,01113.49% 20
Total105828012,663,030

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]

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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.
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