1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1967, to elect 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 136 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
Indian National Congress won most number of seats.[1] Incumbent Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik was reelected as Chief Minister
| Political Party |
No. of candidates |
No. of elected |
Number of Votes |
% of Votes |
Seat change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 270 | 203 | 6,288,564 | 47.03% |  12
| |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 58 | 19 | 1,043,239 | 7.80% |  4
| |
| Communist Party of India | 41 | 10 | 651,077 | 4.87% | 4
| |
| Praja Socialist Party | 66 | 8 | 545,935 | 4.08% | 1
| |
| Republican Party of India | 79 | 5 | 890,377 | 6.66% | 5
| |
| style="background-color:Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color;" width=0.3em | | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 166 | 4 | 1,092,670 | 8.17% | 4
|
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 48 | 4 | 616,466 | 4.61% | 4
| |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 1 | 145,083 | 1.08% | 1
| |
| Independents | 463 | 16 | 1,948,223 | 14.57% | 1
| |
| Total | 1242 | 270 | 13,371,735 |
List of winning candidates
The following is the list of candidates won:[2]
| Constituency Name | Member of Legislative Assembly | Political party | Votes polled |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achalpur | N S Deshmukh | INC | |
| Amgaon | Laxman Mankar | BJS | |
| Chembur | Hashu Advani | BJS | |
| Dhobi Talav | M B Popat | INC | |
| Girgaon | Anant Namjoshi | INC | |
| Nagpur North | P R Wasnik | INC | |
| Nagpur West | Sushila Balraj | INC | |
| Pusad | Vasantrao Naik | INC | |
| Sakoli | S P Kapgate | BJS | |
| Shrivardhan | A R Antulay | INC | |
| Shukrawar Peth | Rambhau Mhalgi | BJS | |
| Walva | Rajaram-bapu Patil | INC |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra" (PDF). eci.nic.in (pdf). Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962". elections.in.
  | This Indian elections-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |