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{{Short description|4th General Elections of India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Indian general election
| country = India
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| type = parliamentary
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| next_year = 1971
| next_year = 1971
| election_date = 17–21 February 1967
| election_date = 17–21 February 1967
| seats_for_election = 520 of the 523 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]
| seats_for_election = 520 of the 523 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]{{efn|name=seats|Two seats were reserved for Anglo-Indians and one for the [[North-East Frontier Agency]], which were filled by presidential nomination}}
| majority_seats = 261
| majority_seats = 261
| image_size= 130x130px
| registered = 250,207,401
 
| turnout = 61.04% ({{increase}} 5.62[[Percentage point|pp]])
| image1 = Indira Gandhi 1967.jpg
| image_size = 130x130px
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=15|oTop=5}}
| leader1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| leader1 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = [[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]]
| last_election1 = 44.72%, 361 seats
| seats1 = '''283'''
| seats1 = '''283'''
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}78
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 78
| popular_vote1 = '''59,490,701'''
| popular_vote1 = '''59,490,701'''
| percentage1 = '''40.78%'''
| percentage1 = '''40.78%'''
| swing1 = {{decrease}}3.94pp
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 3.94[[Percentage point|pp]]
 
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=7}}
| image2 = Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg
| leader2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| leader2 = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| leaders_seat2 = ''Did not contest''
| party2 = Swatantra Party
| party2 = Swatantra Party
| last_election2 = 7.89%, 18 seats
| seats2 = 44
| seats2 = 44
| seat_change2 = {{increase}}26
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 26
| popular_vote2 = 12,646,847
| popular_vote2 = 12,646,847
| percentage2 = 8.67%
| percentage2 = 8.67%
| swing2 = {{increase}}0.78pp
| swing2 = {{increase}} 0.78[[Percentage point|pp]]
 
| image4 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Deendayal Upadhyaya 2018 stamp of India.jpg
| image3 = Pt Deendayal Upadhyay.jpg
|bSize=150|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=35|oTop=40}}
| leader3 = [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]]
| leader4 = [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]]
| leaders_seat3 = ''Did not contest''
| party4 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| party3 = Bharatiya Jana Sangh
| last_election4 = 6.44%, 14 seats
| seats3 = 35
| seats4 = 35
| seat_change3 = {{increase}}21
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 21
| popular_vote3 = 13,580,935
| popular_vote4 = 13,580,935
| percentage3 = 9.31%
| percentage4 = 9.31%
| swing3 = {{increase}}2.87pp
| swing4 = {{increase}} 2.87[[Percentage point|pp]]
 
| image5 = {{CSS image crop|Image=S.A. Dange.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=10}}
| leader5 = [[Shripad Amrit Dange]]
| party5 = Communist Party of India
| last_election5 = 9.94%, 29 seats
| seats5 = 23
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 6
| popular_vote5 = 7,458,396
| percentage5 = 5.11%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 4.83[[Percentage point|pp]]
| map_image = Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1967.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
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| after_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| after_election = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| map_image = [[File:Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1967.svg|300px|lang=en]]
| outgoing_members = List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha
| elected_members = List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha
}}
}}
'''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.
General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the [[4th Lok Sabha|fourth]] 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 13 March.


== Background ==
==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>
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 6% annual growth, but the actual growth rate was 2%. 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 Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur 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|archive-date=11 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511042114/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19700602&id=dgkyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tpADAAAAIBAJ&pg=7395,224298|url-status=live}}</ref>


== Results ==
==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>  
The INC suffered setbacks in seven states, including Gujarat where it won 11 of the 24 seats while the [[Swatantra Party]] won 12 seats; [[Madras State]], 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|archive-date=12 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712100203/https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-1967-poll-that-changed-india-2330738|url-status=live}}</ref>  


{{Election results
{{Election results
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{{notelist}}
{{notelist}}
===State wise===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- "
! style="text-align:left; background:#ccf; vertical-align:middle;"|State <br /> (# of seats)
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"  style=" text-align:center; background:#ccf; vertical-align:middle;"|Party
! style="background:#ccf; text-align:center;"|Seats contested
! style="background:#ccf; text-align:right;"|Seats won
! style="background:#ccf; text-align:right;"|% of votes
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=6 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]]'''(41)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''41'''
|'''35'''
|'''46.82'''
|-
| {{party color cell|[[Swatantra Party]]}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|19
|3
|13.75
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party Of India]]
|22
|1
|12.62
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|9
|0
|6.2
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|4
|0
|1.0
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|63
|2
|18.52
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=5 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Assam|Assam]]'''(14)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''14'''
|'''10'''
|'''45.84'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|4
|2
|12.80
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party Of India]]
|4
|1
|8.27
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|3
|0
|5.48
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|18
|0
|19.08
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=7 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Bihar|Bihar]]'''(53)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''53'''
|'''34'''
|'''34.81'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|34
|7
|17.83
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|17
|5
|9.93
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|99
|4
|13.95
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|48
|1
|11.05
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|32
|1
|7.38
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|25
|0
|3.41
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=3 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Gujarat|Gujarat]]'''(24)'''
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|'''21'''
|'''12'''
|'''39.92'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|24
|11
|46.92
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|28
|1
|9.51
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=5 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Haryana|Haryana]]'''(9)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''9'''
|'''7'''
|'''44.06'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|7
|1
|19.85
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|36
|1
|19.77
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|2
|0
|5.6
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|5
|0
|5.5
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=3 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election, 1999 (Jammu and Kashmir)|Jammu & Kashmir]]'''(6)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''6'''
|'''5'''
|'''50.52'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
|4
|1
|24.92
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|3
|0
|20.34
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=7 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Kerala|Kerala]]'''(19)'''
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|'''9'''
|'''9'''
|'''24.56'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|3
|3
|7.99
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|3
|3
|8.24
|-
| {{party color cell|Muslim League}}
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Muslim League]]
|2
|2
|6.6
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|19
|1
|36.15
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|12
|1
|7.36
|-
| {{party color cell|Kerala Congress}}
|[[Kerala Congress]]
|5
|0
|5.12
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=4 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]'''(37)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''37'''
|'''24'''
|'''40.78'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|32
|10
|29.56
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|61
|2
|13.65
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|2
|1
|2.74
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=5 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Madras|Madras]]'''(39)'''
| {{party color cell| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|'''25'''
|'''25'''
|'''35.78'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|8
|6
|9.16
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|5
|4
|6.85
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|39
|3
|41.69
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|36
|1
|4.07
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=8 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]'''(45)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''45'''
|'''37'''
|'''48.51'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Peasants And Workers Party Of India}}
|[[Peasants And Workers Party Of India]]
|11
|2
|7.54
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|7
|2
|5.14
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|5
|2
|3.74
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|62
|1
|11.45
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|8
|1
|2.55
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|26
|0
|7.36
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party Of India}}
|[[Republican Party Of India]]
|17
|0
|12.71
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=5 valign=top|[[1999 Indian general election in Mysore|Mysore]]'''(27)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''27'''
|'''18'''
|'''49.02'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|11
|5
|14.29
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|5
|2
|5.12
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|2
|1
|2.61
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|45
|1
|22.0
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"rowspan=5 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Orissa|Orissa]]'''(20)'''
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|'''17'''
|'''8'''
|'''30.87'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|20
|6
|33.33
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|5
|4
|16.1
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|2
|1
|4.5
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|16
|1
|10.81
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=4 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Punjab|Punjab]]'''(13)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''13'''
|'''9'''
|'''37.31'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh}}
|[[Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh]]
|8
|3
|22.61
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|8
|1
|12.49
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|25
|0
|9.32
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=4 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Rajasthan|Rajasthan]]'''(23)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''22'''
|'''10'''
|'''39.95'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|14
|8
|27.04
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|7
|3
|10.27
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|64
|2
|17.12
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=9 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]'''(85)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|'''85'''
|'''47'''
|'''33.44'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|77
|12
|22.18
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|43
|8
|10.27
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|190
|8
|17.08
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|17
|5
|3.26
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|27
|2
|3.74
|-
| {{party color cell|Swatantra Party}}
|[[Swatantra Party]]
|38
|1
|4.77
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party Of India}}
|[[Republican Party Of India]]
|24
|1
|4.07
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|6
|1
|1.19
|-
|-
|style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;" rowspan=8 valign=top|[[1967 Indian general election in West Bengal|West Bengal]]'''(40)'''
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|'''40'''
|'''14'''
|'''39.69'''
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)|Independent}}
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|44
|7
|15.28
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|16
|5
|15.65
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party Of India]]
|11
|5
|9.14
|-
| {{party color cell|Bangla Congress}}
| [[Bangla Congress]]
|7
|5
|9.36
|-
| {{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|6
|2
|4.88
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|[[Praja Socialist Party]]
|2
|1
|1.7
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|3
|1
|1.49
|-
|colspan=6|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]
|}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Election Commission of India]]
*[[List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha]]
*[[1967 Indian presidential election]]
*[[:Category:1967 Indian general election by state or union territory]]


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1967 Indian general election| ]]
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[[Category:1967 elections in Asia|India]]
[[Category:1967 elections in Asia|India]]
[[Category:General elections in India]]

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1967 Indian general election
← 1962 17–21 February 1967 1971 →
520 of the 523 seats in the Lok Sabha[lower-alpha 1]
261 seats needed for a majority
Registered250,207,401
Turnout61.04% (Increase 5.62pp)
  First party Second party
 
Indira Gandhi official portrait.png
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari.jpg
Leader Indira Gandhi C. Rajagopalachari
Party INC Swatantra Party
Last election 44.72%, 361 seats 7.89%, 18 seats
Seats won 283 44
Seat change Decrease 78 Increase 26
Popular vote 59,490,701 12,646,847
Percentage 40.78% 8.67%
Swing Decrease 3.94pp Increase 0.78pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Deendayal Upadhyaya 2018 stamp of India.jpg
S.A. Dange.jpg
Leader Deendayal Upadhyaya Shripad Amrit Dange
Party Bharatiya Jana Sangh CPI
Last election 6.44%, 14 seats 9.94%, 29 seats
Seats won 35 23
Seat change Increase 21 Decrease 6
Popular vote 13,580,935 7,458,396
Percentage 9.31% 5.11%
Swing Increase 2.87pp Decrease 4.83pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election

Indira Gandhi
INC

Prime Minister after election

Indira Gandhi
INC

General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the fourth Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha.[1] 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 13 March.

Background

By 1967 economic growth in India had slowed – the 1961–1966 Five-Year Plan gave a target of 6% annual growth, but the actual growth rate was 2%. Under Lal Bahadur Shastri, the government's popularity was boosted after India prevailed in the 1965 War with Pakistan, but the war, along with the previous 1962 War with China, put a strain on the economy. Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress while its two popular leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur 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.[2]

Results

The INC suffered setbacks in seven states, including Gujarat where it won 11 of the 24 seats while the Swatantra Party won 12 seats; Madras State, 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.[1] The party was also ousted from power in nine states, while losing governance in Uttar Pradesh one month after the election.[3]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress59,490,70140.78283–78
Bharatiya Jana Sangh13,580,9359.3135+21
Swatantra Party12,646,8478.6744+26
Communist Party of India7,458,3965.1123–6
Samyukta Socialist Party7,171,6274.9223New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)6,246,5224.2819New
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,529,4053.7925+18
Praja Socialist Party4,456,4873.0613+1
Republican Party of India3,607,7112.471–2
Bangla Congress1,204,3560.835New
Peasants and Workers Party of India1,028,7550.712+2
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh968,7120.663New
All India Forward Bloc627,9100.4320
Indian Union Muslim League413,8680.2820
Kerala Congress321,2190.220New
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference210,0200.141New
Akali Dal – Tara Singh189,2900.130New
Jana Kranti Dal183,2110.131New
Jana Congress136,6310.090New
All Party Hill Leaders Conference112,4920.0810
United Goans – Seqveria Group100,1370.071New
Peoples Front42,7250.030New
Democratic National Conference30,7880.020New
United Goans – Furtadd Group1,7140.000New
Nagaland Nationalist Organisation00.001New
Independents20,106,05113.7835+15
Appointed members[lower-alpha 2]3–11
Total145,866,510100.00523+15
Valid votes145,866,51095.51
Invalid/blank votes6,858,1014.49
Total votes152,724,611100.00
Registered voters/turnout250,207,40161.04
Source: ECI
  1. ↑ Two seats were reserved for Anglo-Indians and one for the North-East Frontier Agency, which were filled by presidential nomination
  2. ↑ Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.

State wise

State
(# of seats) 		Party Seats contested Seats won % of votes
Andhra Pradesh(41) Indian National Congress 41 35 46.82
Swatantra Party 19 3 13.75
Communist Party Of India 22 1 12.62
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 0 6.2
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 4 0 1.0
Independent 63 2 18.52
Assam(14) Indian National Congress 14 10 45.84
Praja Socialist Party 4 2 12.80
Communist Party Of India 4 1 8.27
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 5.48
Independent 18 0 19.08
Bihar(53) Indian National Congress 53 34 34.81
Samyukta Socialist Party 34 7 17.83
Communist Party of India 17 5 9.93
Independent 99 4 13.95
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 48 1 11.05
Praja Socialist Party 32 1 7.38
Swatantra Party 25 0 3.41
Gujarat(24) Swatantra Party 21 12 39.92
Indian National Congress 24 11 46.92
Independent 28 1 9.51
Haryana(9) Indian National Congress 9 7 44.06
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 7 1 19.85
Independent 36 1 19.77
Swatantra Party 2 0 5.6
Samyukta Socialist Party 5 0 5.5
Jammu & Kashmir(6) Indian National Congress 6 5 50.52
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 4 1 24.92
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 3 0 20.34
Kerala(19) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 9 9 24.56
Communist Party of India 3 3 7.99
Samyukta Socialist Party 3 3 8.24
Muslim League 2 2 6.6
Indian National Congress 19 1 36.15
Independent 12 1 7.36
Kerala Congress 5 0 5.12
Madhya Pradesh(37) Indian National Congress 37 24 40.78
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 32 10 29.56
Independent 61 2 13.65
Swatantra Party 2 1 2.74
Madras(39) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 25 25 35.78
Swatantra Party 8 6 9.16
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5 4 6.85
Indian National Congress 39 3 41.69
Independent 36 1 4.07
Maharashtra(45) Indian National Congress 45 37 48.51
Peasants And Workers Party Of India 11 2 7.54
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7 2 5.14
Samyukta Socialist Party 5 2 3.74
Independent 62 1 11.45
Praja Socialist Party 8 1 2.55
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 26 0 7.36
Republican Party Of India 17 0 12.71
Mysore(27) Indian National Congress 27 18 49.02
Swatantra Party 11 5 14.29
Praja Socialist Party 5 2 5.12
Samyukta Socialist Party 2 1 2.61
Independent 45 1 22.0
Orissa(20) Swatantra Party 17 8 30.87
Indian National Congress 20 6 33.33
Praja Socialist Party 5 4 16.1
Samyukta Socialist Party 2 1 4.5
Independent 16 1 10.81
Punjab(13) Indian National Congress 13 9 37.31
Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh 8 3 22.61
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 8 1 12.49
Independent 25 0 9.32
Rajasthan(23) Indian National Congress 22 10 39.95
Swatantra Party 14 8 27.04
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 7 3 10.27
Independent 64 2 17.12
Uttar Pradesh(85) Indian National Congress 85 47 33.44
Bharatiya Jana Sangh 77 12 22.18
Samyukta Socialist Party 43 8 10.27
Independent 190 8 17.08
Communist Party of India 17 5 3.26
Praja Socialist Party 27 2 3.74
Swatantra Party 38 1 4.77
Republican Party Of India 24 1 4.07
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6 1 1.19
West Bengal(40) Indian National Congress 40 14 39.69
Independent 44 7 15.28
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 5 15.65
Communist Party Of India 11 5 9.14
Bangla Congress 7 5 9.36
All India Forward Bloc 6 2 4.88
Praja Socialist Party 2 1 1.7
Samyukta Socialist Party 3 1 1.49
Source=ECI

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "politics since independence". The Age. 2 June 1970. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Ananth, V. Krishna (22 February 2017). "Why 1967 general election was a watershed in Indian politics and the lessons it left behind". DNA India. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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