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	'''General elections''' were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the [[4th Lok Sabha]], an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha.<ref name="General Election of India 1967">{{cite web\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf \|title=General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|access-date=13 January 2010 \|page=5 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf \|archive-date=18 July 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so.		'''General elections''' were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the [[4th Lok Sabha]], an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha.<ref name="General Election of India 1967">{{cite web\|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf \|title=General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha \|publisher=Election Commission of India \|access-date=13 January 2010 \|page=5 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf \|archive-date=18 July 2014 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref> Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so.

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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1962 Indian general election
| previous_year = 1962
| next_election = 1971 Indian general election
| next_year = 1971
| election_date = 17–21 February 1967
| seats_for_election = 520 of the 523 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 261
| image_size= 130x130px

| image1 = Indira Gandhi 1967.jpg
| leader1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]]
| seats1 = '''283'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}78
| popular_vote1 = '''59,490,701'''
| percentage1 = '''40.78%'''
| swing1 = {{decrease}}3.94pp

| image2 = Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg
| leader2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| party2 = Swatantra Party
| seats2 = 44
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}26
| popular_vote2 = 12,646,847
| percentage2 = 8.67%
| swing2 = {{increase}}0.78pp

| image3 = Pt Deendayal Upadhyay.jpg
| leader3 = [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]]
| leaders_seat3 = ''Did not contest''
| party3 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| seats3 = 35
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}21
| popular_vote3 = 13,580,935
| percentage3 = 9.31%
| swing3 = {{increase}}2.87pp

| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Subsequent Prime Minister
| before_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| map_image = [[File:Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1967.svg|300px|lang=en]]
}}

'''General elections''' were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the [[4th Lok Sabha]], an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha.<ref name="General Election of India 1967">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=13 January 2010 |page=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so.

The incumbent [[Indian National Congress]] government retained power, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. Indira Gandhi was resworn in as the Prime Minister on 4 March.

== Background ==
By 1967, economic growth in India had slowed – the [[Five-Year Plans of India#Third Plan (1961–1966)|1961–1966 Five-Year Plan]] gave a target of 5.6% annual growth, but the actual growth rate was 2.4%. Under [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], the government's popularity was boosted after India prevailed in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War with Pakistan]], but the war, along with the previous [[Sino-Indian War|1962 War with China]], put a strain on the economy. Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress while its two popular leaders Nehru and Shastri had both died. [[Indira Gandhi]] had succeeded Shastri as leader, but a rift had emerged between her and Deputy Prime Minister [[Morarji Desai]], who had been her rival in the 1966 party leadership contest.<ref name="politics since independence">{{cite news|date=2 June 1970|title=politics since independence|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19700602&id=dgkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7395,224298|access-date=29 March 2014}}</ref>

== Results ==
The INC suffered setbacks in seven states, which included Gujarat, where INC won 11 out of 24 seats while [[Swatantra Party]] won 12 seats; Madras, where INC won 3 out of 39 seats and DMK won 25 seats; Orissa, where they won 6 out of 20 seats and [[Swatantra Party]] won 8 seats. Rajasthan where they won 10 out of 20 seats [[Swatantra Party]] won 8 seats, West Bengal where they won 14 out of 40, Kerala where they won only 1 out of 19. Delhi where they won 1 out of 7 while remaining 6 were won by [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]].<ref name="General Election of India 1967" /> The party was also ousted from power in nine states, while losing governance in Uttar Pradesh one month after the election.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ananth|first=V. Krishna|date=2017-02-22|title=Why 1967 general election was a watershed in Indian politics and the lessons it left behind|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-1967-poll-that-changed-india-2330738|access-date=2020-12-03|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref>

{{Election results
|image=[[File:Lok Sabha Zusammensetzung 1967.svg|350px]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=59490701|seats1=283|sc1=–78
|party2=[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]|votes2=13580935|seats2=35|sc2=+21
|party3=[[Swatantra Party]]|votes3=12646847|seats3=44|sc3=+26
|party4=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes4=7458396|seats4=23|sc4=–6
|party5=[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]|votes5=7171627|seats5=23|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes6=6246522|seats6=19|sc6=New
|party7=[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]|votes7=5529405|seats7=25|sc7=+18
|party8=[[Praja Socialist Party]]|votes8=4456487|seats8=13|sc8=+1
|party9=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes9=3607711|seats9=1|sc9=–2
|party10=[[Bangla Congress]]|votes10=1204356|seats10=5|sc10=New
|party11=[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]|votes11=1028755|seats11=2|sc11=+2
|party12=[[Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh]]|votes12=968712|seats12=3|sc12=New
|party13=[[All India Forward Bloc]]|votes13=627910|seats13=2|sc13=0
|party14=[[Indian Union Muslim League]]|votes14=413868|seats14=2|sc14=0
|party15=[[Kerala Congress]]|votes15=321219|seats15=0|sc15=New
|party16=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes16=210020|seats16=1|sc16=New
|party17=Akali Dal – Master Tara Singh|votes17=189290|seats17=0|sc17=New
|party18=[[Jana Kranti Dal]]|votes18=183211|seats18=1|sc18=New
|party19=[[Orissa Jana Congress|Jana Congress]]|votes19=136631|seats19=0|sc19=New
|party20=[[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]|votes20=112492|seats20=1|sc20=0
|party21=[[United Goans Party|United Goans – Seqveria Group]]|votes21=100137|seats21=1|sc21=New
|party22=Peoples Front|votes22=42725|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=[[Democratic National Conference]]|votes23=30788|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=[[United Goans Party|United Goans – Furtadd Group]]|votes24=1714|seats24=0|sc24=New
|party25=[[Nagaland Nationalist Organisation]]|votes25=0|seats25=1|sc25=New
|party26=Independents|votes26=20106051|seats26=35|sc26=+15
|row27=Appointed members{{efn|Two representing [[Anglo-Indians]] and one representing the [[North-East Frontier Agency]].}}|seats27=3|sc27=–11
|invalid=6858101
|electorate=250207401
|total_sc=+15
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4114-general-election-1967-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9743&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663 ECI]
}}
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==See also==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[1967 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
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