1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967. These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1] Govind Narayan Singh was elected to the assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate but soon rebelled against the incumbent Chief Minister, Dwarka Prasad Mishra and resigned from the Congress party. He formed a new political party, known as the Lok Sewak Dal and became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as the leader of a coalition, known as the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal.[2][3]
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All 296 assembly constituencies 149 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 18,394,846 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 53.49% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the previous election in 1962, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased from 288 to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[4]
Result
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| # | 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 | Samyukta 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 | ||||||||
Elected Members
References
- "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- The Gwalior dynasty: A short history of the Scindias in Indian politics
- In Madhya Pradesh politics, family comes first
- "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961". Election Commission of India. 7 December 1961. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 June 2018.