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1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
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All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 160 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 27,743,190 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 51.51% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967, to elect members of the 318 constituencies in Bihar, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, but Mahamaya Prasad Sinha of the Jana Kranti Dal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Bihar.[1]
After the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India were taken into account, the constituencies in Bihar was set at 318.[2]
Result[edit]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Indian National Congress | 4,479,460 | 33.09 | 128 | –57 | |
| Sanghata Socialist Party | 2,385,961 | 17.62 | 68 | New | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 1,410,722 | 10.42 | 26 | +23 | |
| Praja Socialist Party | 942,889 | 6.96 | 18 | –11 | |
| Communist Party of India | 935,977 | 6.91 | 24 | +12 | |
| Jan Kranti Dal | 451,412 | 3.33 | 13 | New | |
| Swatantra Party | 315,184 | 2.33 | 3 | –47 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 173,656 | 1.28 | 4 | New | |
| Republican Party of India | 23,893 | 0.18 | 1 | New | |
| Independents | 2,419,469 | 17.87 | 33 | –21 | |
| Total | 13,538,623 | 100.00 | 318 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 13,538,623 | 73.37 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,914,436 | 26.63 | |||
| Total votes | 18,453,059 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 27,743,190 | 66.51 | |||
| Source: ECI[3] | |||||
Elected Members[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Chief Ministers of Bihar". Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
- ↑ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961". Election Commission of India. 7 December 1961. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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