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Latest revision as of 20:04, 8 July 2023

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
← 1962 25 February 1967 1969 →
All 280 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
141 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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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 Decrease 30 Increase 43 Increase 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

ResultsEdit

e • d 
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 13 561,148 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 resultEdit

Post-Poll AllianceEdit

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[2] 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.[2]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Election Commission of India". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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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