1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

All 287 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 144 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Party INC Swatantra Party Last election 177 19 Seats won 165 29 Seat change 12 10
Chief Minister before election Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Indian National Congress Chief Minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Indian National Congress

The fourth Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in 1967. Out of a total of 1,067 candidates, 276 men and eleven women were elected. The Indian National Congress won 165 seats, the Swatantra Party (SWA) won twenty-nine seats and the Independent Party won sixty-eight seats.

Of the 287 seats contested, 236 were general, eleven were for scheduled tribes and forty were for scheduled castes.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	291,783	2.11	3
	Communist Party of India	1,077,499	7.78	11
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,053,855	7.61	9
	Indian National Congress	6,292,649	45.42	165
	Praja Socialist Party	28,564	0.21	0
	Republican Party of India	36,757	0.27	1
	Sanghata Socialist Party	49,669	0.36	1
	Swatantra Party	1,363,382	9.84	29
	Independents	3,658,928	26.41	68
Total		13,853,086	100.00	287
Valid votes		13,853,086	85.59
Invalid/blank votes		2,333,093	14.41
Total votes		16,186,179	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,934,068	77.32
Source: ECI

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