1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 287 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
144 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg
Leader Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Party INC Swatantra Party
Last election 177 19
Seats won 165 29
Seat change Decrease12 Increase10

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.[1]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats
Bharatiya Jana Sangh291,7832.113
Communist Party of India1,077,4997.7811
Communist Party of India (Marxist)1,053,8557.619
Indian National Congress6,292,64945.42165
Praja Socialist Party28,5640.210
Republican Party of India36,7570.271
Sanghata Socialist Party49,6690.361
Swatantra Party1,363,3829.8429
Independents3,658,92826.4168
Total13,853,086100.00287
Valid votes13,853,08685.59
Invalid/blank votes2,333,09314.41
Total votes16,186,179100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,934,06877.32
Source: ECI[2]

References[edit]

  1. "Election results, 1967 Andhra Pradesh".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.