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]

Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1967

1967

All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
136 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party INC PWP CPI
Last election 215 seats, 51.22% 15 seats, 7.47% 6 seats, 5.90%
Seats won 203 19 10
Seat change 12 4 4
Popular vote 6,288,564 1,043,239 651,077
Percentage 47.03% 7.80 4.87 %
Swing 4.19% 0.33% 1.03%

Chief Minister before election

Vasantrao Naik
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Vasantrao Naik
INC

Results

Indian National Congress won most number of seats.[1] Incumbent Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik was reelected as Chief Minister

 Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Seat change
Indian National Congress2702036,288,56447.03% 12
Peasants and Workers Party of India58191,043,2397.80% 4
Communist Party of India4110651,0774.87% 4
Praja Socialist Party668545,9354.08% 1
Republican Party of India795890,3776.66% 5
Bharatiya Jana Sangh16641,092,6708.17% 4
Samyukta Socialist Party484616,4664.61% 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)111145,0831.08% 1
Independents463161,948,22314.57% 1
Total124227013,371,735

List of winning candidates

The following is the list of candidates won:[2]

Constituency NameMember of Legislative AssemblyPolitical partyVotes polled
AchalpurN S DeshmukhINC
AmgaonLaxman MankarBJS
ChemburHashu AdvaniBJS
Dhobi TalavM B PopatINC
GirgaonAnant NamjoshiINC
Nagpur NorthP R WasnikINC
Nagpur WestSushila BalrajINC
PusadVasantrao NaikINC
SakoliS P KapgateBJS
ShrivardhanA R AntulayINC
Shukrawar PethRambhau MhalgiBJS
WalvaRajaram-bapu PatilINC

References

  1. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India". Missing or empty |url= (help)Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Election Commission of India ()
  2. https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html


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