1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 425 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
213 seats needed for a majority
Turnout54.55%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Party Congress Bharatiya Jana Sangh Samyukta Socialist Party
Leader's seat Ranikhet
Last election 249 49
Seats won 199 98 44
Seat change Decrease 50 Increase 49 Increase 44
Popular vote 6912104 4651738 2140924
Percentage 32.20% 21.67% 9.97
Swing Decrease 4.25% Increase 5.21% Increase 9.96

Chief Minister before election

Sucheta Kriplani
Indian National Congress

Elected Chief Minister

Chandra Bhanu Gupta
INC

In 1967 Fourth general elections held in Uttar Pradesh. At that time famous Leader Charan Singh was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Election results[edit]

Party Name Seats
Indian National Congress (INC) 199
Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS) 98
Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) 44
Communist Party of India (CPI) 13
Swatantra Party (SWA) 12
Praja Socialist Party (PSP) 11
Republican Party of India (RPI) 10
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) 1
Independent 37
Total 425

References[edit]

https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3246-uttar-pradesh-1967/


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