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 |
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| Majority party | Minority party | Third party |
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| | | | Party | INC | PWP | CPI |
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Last election | 215 seats, 51.22% | 15 seats, 7.47% | 6 seats, 5.90% |
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Seats won | 203 | 19 | 10 |
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Seat change | 12 | 4 | 4 |
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Popular vote | 6,288,564 | 1,043,239 | 651,077 |
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Percentage | 47.03% | 7.80 | 4.87 % |
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Swing | 4.19% | 0.33% | 1.03% |
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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
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| Indian National Congress | 270 | 203 | 6,288,564 | 47.03% | 12 |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | 58 | 19 | 1,043,239 | 7.80% | 4 |
| Communist Party of India | 41 | 10 | 651,077 | 4.87% | 4 |
| Praja Socialist Party | 66 | 8 | 545,935 | 4.08% | 1 |
| Republican Party of India | 79 | 5 | 890,377 | 6.66% | 5 |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 166 | 4 | 1,092,670 | 8.17% | 4 |
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 48 | 4 | 616,466 | 4.61% | 4 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 1 | 145,083 | 1.08% | 1 |
| Independents | 463 | 16 | 1,948,223 | 14.57% | 1 |
| Total | 1242 | 270 | 13,371,735 | |
The following is the list of candidates won:[2]
Constituency Name | Member of Legislative Assembly | Political party | Votes polled |
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Achalpur | N S Deshmukh | INC | |
Amgaon | Laxman Mankar | BJS | |
Chembur | Hashu Advani | BJS | |
Dhobi Talav | M B Popat | INC | |
Girgaon | Anant Namjoshi | INC | |
Nagpur North | P R Wasnik | INC | |
Nagpur West | Sushila Balraj | INC | |
Pusad | Vasantrao Naik | INC | |
Sakoli | S P Kapgate | BJS | |
Shrivardhan | A R Antulay | INC | |
Shukrawar Peth | Rambhau Mhalgi | BJS | |
Walva | Rajaram-bapu Patil | INC | |