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The elections in India in 1967 included the 1967 Indian general election and nine state legislative assembly elections.

## General election

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Main article: 1967 Indian general election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Indian National Congress| 59,490,701| 40.78| 283| –78
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 13,580,935| 9.31| 35| +21
| Swatantra Party| 12,646,847| 8.67| 44| +26
| Communist Party of India| 7,458,396| 5.11| 23| –6
| Samyukta Socialist Party| 7,171,627| 4.92| 23| New
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 6,246,522| 4.28| 19| New
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam| 5,529,405| 3.79| 25| +18
| Praja Socialist Party| 4,456,487| 3.06| 13| +1
| Republican Party of India| 3,607,711| 2.47| 1| –2
| Bangla Congress| 1,204,356| 0.83| 5| New
| Peasants and Workers Party of India| 1,028,755| 0.71| 2| +2
| Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh| 968,712| 0.66| 3| New
| All India Forward Bloc| 627,910| 0.43| 2| 0
| Indian Union Muslim League| 413,868| 0.28| 2| 0
| Kerala Congress| 321,219| 0.22| 0| New
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference| 210,020| 0.14| 1| New
| Akali Dal – Master Tara Singh| 189,290| 0.13| 0| New
| Jana Kranti Dal| 183,211| 0.13| 1| New
| Jana Congress| 136,631| 0.09| 0| New
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference| 112,492| 0.08| 1| 0
| United Goans – Seqveria Group| 100,137| 0.07| 1| New
| Peoples Front| 42,725| 0.03| 0| New
| Democratic National Conference| 30,788| 0.02| 0| New
| United Goans – Furtadd Group| 1,714| 0.00| 0| New
| Nagaland Nationalist Organisation| 0| 0.00| 1| New
| Independents| 20,106,051| 13.78| 35| +15
Appointed members[a]| | 3| –11
Total| 145,866,510| 100.00| 523| +15
Valid votes| 145,866,510| 95.51|
Invalid/blank votes| 6,858,101| 4.49|
Total votes| 152,724,611| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 250,207,401| 61.04|
Source: ECI

1. ^ Two representing Anglo-Indians and one representing the North-East Frontier Agency.

## Legislative Assembly elections

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### Andhra Pradesh

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Main article: 1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats

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| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 291,783| 2.11| 3
| Communist Party of India| 1,077,499| 7.78| 11
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 1,053,855| 7.61| 9
| Indian National Congress| 6,292,649| 45.42| 165
| Praja Socialist Party| 28,564| 0.21| 0
| Republican Party of India| 36,757| 0.27| 1
| Samyukta Socialist Party| 49,669| 0.36| 1
| Swatantra Party| 1,363,382| 9.84| 29
| Independents| 3,658,928| 26.41| 68
Total| 13,853,086| 100.00| 287
Valid votes| 13,853,086| 85.59|
Invalid/blank votes| 2,333,093| 14.41|
Total votes| 16,186,179| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 20,934,068| 77.32|
Source: ECI[1]

### Assam

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Main article: 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election[2]

| Political Party | Flag | Seats
Contested | Won | % of
Seats | Votes | Vote %
| Indian National Congress |  | 120 | 73 | 44.66% | 1354748 | 43.60%
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference |  | 12 | 9 | 57.86% | 108447 | 3.49%
| Communist Party of India |  | 22 | 7 | 30.19% | 108447 | 5.15%
| Praja Socialist Party |  | 35 | 5 | 23.20% | 213094 | 6.86%
| Samyukta Socialist Party |  | 17 | 4 | 26.37% | 101802 | 3.28%
| Swatantra Party |  | 13 | 2 | 14.07% | 46187 | 1.49%
| Independent |  | 124 | 26 | 36.12% | 1004695 | 32.33%
Total Seats  | 105 | Voters | 5449305 | Turnout | 3369230 (61.83%)

### Bihar

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Main article: 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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| Indian National Congress| 4,479,460| 33.09| 128| –57
| Samyukta 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]

### Delhi

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Main article: 1967 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

Party| Seats
Elected| Nominated| Total
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 33| 2| 35
| Indian National Congress| 19| 2| 21
| Republican Party of India| 2| 0| 2
| Independents| 2| 1| 3
Total| 56| 5| 61
Source: Parveen,[4] Delhi Gazetteer[5]

### Goa, Daman and Diu

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Main article: 1967 Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the Goa, Daman & Diu Legislative Assembly election, 1967[6] Political Party
| Seats contested
| Seats won
| Number of Votes
| % of Votes

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| Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | 26 | 16 | 111,110 | 40.42%
| United Goans Party (Sequeira Group) | 30 | 12 | 104,426 | 37.98%
| Independents | 156 | 2 | 48,471 | 17.63%
Total[7] | 226 | 30 | 264.007 | 100%

### Gujarat

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Main article: 1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

### Haryana

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Main article: 1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Indian National Congress| 1,252,290| 41.33| 48
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 436,145| 14.39| 12
| Samyukta Socialist Party| 108,172| 3.57| 0
| Swatantra Party| 96,410| 3.18| 3
| Republican Party of India| 87,861| 2.90| 2
| Communist Party of India| 27,238| 0.90| 0
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 16,379| 0.54| 0
| Praja Socialist Party| 6,477| 0.21| 0
| Independents| 998,969| 32.97| 16
Total| 3,029,941| 100.00| 81
Valid votes| 3,029,941| 76.48|
Invalid/blank votes| 931,825| 23.52|
Total votes| 3,187,946| –|
Registered voters/turnout| 4,387,980| 72.65|
Source: ECI[8]

### Himachal Pradesh

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Main article: 1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats
| Indian National Congress| 323,247| 42.19| 34
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 106,261| 13.87| 7
| Communist Party of India| 22,173| 2.89| 2
| Swatantra Party| 14,767| 1.93| 1
| Others| 7,787| 1.02| 0
| Independents| 291,884| 38.10| 16
Total| 766,119| 100.00| 60
Valid votes| 766,119| 94.54|
Invalid/blank votes| 44,234| 5.46|
Total votes| 810,353| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 1,582,103| 51.22|
Source: ECI[9]

### Jammu and Kashmir

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Main article: 1967 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

### Kerala

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Main article: 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election[10][11] | Political Party | Flag | Seats
Contested | Won | Net Change
in seats | % of
Seats  | Votes | Vote % | Change in
vote %

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| Bharatiya Jana Sangh |  | 22 | 0 | NA | 0 | 55,584 | 0.88 | NA
| Communist Party of India |  | 22 | 19 |  16 | 14.29 | 538,004 | 8.57 |  0.27
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  | 59 | 52 |  12 | 39.10 | 1,476,456 | 23.51 |  3.64
| Indian National Congress |  | 133 | 9 |  27 | 6.77 | 2,789,556 | 35.43 |  1.88
| Praja Socialist Party |  | 7 | 0 | NA | 0 | 13,991 | 0.22 | NA
| Samyukta Socialist Party |  | 21 | 19 | 6 | 14.29 | 527,662 | 8.4 |  0.27
| Swatantra Party |  | 6 | 0 | NA | 14.29 | 13,105 | 0.21 | NA
| Kerala Congress |  | 61 | 5 |  1 | 3.76 | 475,172 | 7.57 |  5.01
| IUML |  | 15 | 14 |  8 | 10.53 | 424,159 | 6.75 |  2.92
| Independent |  | 75 | 15 |  3 | 11.28 | 531,783 | 8.47 |  5.27
| Total Seats | 133 ( 0) | Voters | 8,613,658 | Turnout | 6,518,272 (75.67%)

### Madras

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Main article: 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election

Source:[12][13]

Alliances  | Party  | Popular Vote  | Vote %  | Seats contested  | Seats won  | Change
United Front[14]

Seats: 179
Seat Change:  121
Popular Vote: 8,051,433
Popular Vote %: 52.59%

|  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 6,230,552  | 40.69%  | 174  | 137  |  87
| Swatantra Party | 811,232  | 5.30%  | 27  | 20  |  12
| CPI(M) | 623,114  | 4.07%  | 22  | 11  |  11
| Praja Socialist Party | 136,188  | 0.89%  | 4  | 4  |  4
| Indian Union Muslim League | 95,494  | 0.62%  | 3  | 3  |  3
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 84,188  | 0.55%  | 3  | 2  |  2
DMK Backed Independents  | 70,665  | 0.46%  | 2  | 2  |  2
Indian National Congress
Seats:  51
Seat Change:  84
Popular Vote: 6,293,378
Popular Vote %: 41.10%  |  | Indian National Congress | 6,293,378  | 41.10%  | 232  | 51  |  84
Others
Seats: 4
Seat Change:  4  |  | Independent | 591,214  | 3.86%  | 246  | 1  |  4
| Communist Party of India | 275,932  | 1.80%  | 32  | 2  |
| Forward Bloc | 44,714  | 0.29%  | 1  | 1  |
| Republican Party of India | 31,286  | 0.20%  | 13  | 0  |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 22,745  | 0.15%  | 24  | 0  |
Total  | 11 Political Parties  | 15,310,702  | 100%  | —  | 234  |  28

### Maharashtra

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Main article: 1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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 |

### Manipur

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Main article: 1967 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Indian National Congress| 101,504| 32.53| 16| New
| Sanghata Socialist Party| 36,520| 11.70| 4| New
| Communist Party of India| 17,062| 5.47| 1| New
| Praja Socialist Party| 2,417| 0.77| 0| New
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 2,093| 0.67| 0| New
| Independents| 152,419| 48.85| 9| New
Total| 312,015| 100.00| 30| 0
Valid votes| 312,015| 82.00|
Invalid/blank votes| 68,505| 18.00|
Total votes| 380,520| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 468,707| 81.19|
Source: ECI[15]

### Mysore

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Main article: 1967 Mysore Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the Mysore Legislative Assembly election, 1967  | Political Party
| Contestants
| Seats won
| Seat change
| Number of votes
| Vote share
| Net change

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| Indian National Congress | 216 | 126 |  12 | 3,636,374 | 48.43% |  1.79
| Praja Socialist Party | 52 | 20 |  0 | 666,662 | 8.88% |  5.20
| Swatantra Party | 45 | 16 |  7 | 497,055 | 6.62% |  0.53
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 17 | 6 |  | 185,222 | 2.47% |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 37 | 4 |  | 211,966 | 2.82% |
| Independents |  | 41 |  14 | 2,129,786 | 28.36% | N/A
| Total |  | 216 |  |  |  |

### Odisha

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Main article: 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the 1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election  | Political Party | Flag | Seats
Contested | Won | Net Change
in seats | % of
Seats  | Votes | Vote % | Change in
vote %

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| Indian National Congress |  | 140 | 31 |  51 | 22.14 | 12,35,149 | 30.66 |  12.62
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh |  | 19 | 0 | "New" | 0 | 21,788 | 4.07 | "New"
| Praja Socialist Party |  | 33 | 21 |  11 | 7.85 | 4,93,750 | 41.16 |  10.73
| Communist Party of India |  | 31 | 7 |  3 | 5 | 2,11,999 | 20.71 |  6.61
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  | 10 | 1 | "New" | 0.71 | 46,597 | 18.16 | "New"
| Swatantra Party |  | 101 | 49 | "New" | 35 | 9,09,421 | 34.78 | "New"
| JAC |  | 47 | 26 | "New" | 18.57 | 5,42,734 | 37.17 | "New"
| Independent |  | 21 | 2 | N/A | 1.42 | 5,05,394 | 17.72 | N/A
| Total Seats | 140 ( 0) | Voters | 98,73,057 | Turnout | 43,48,838 (44.05%)

### Punjab

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Main article: 1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967[16]

| Part  | contested  | Seats won  | change in seats  | popular vote  | %
| Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh | 59  | 24  |  24  | 8,71,742  | 20.48
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 49  | 9  |  1  | 4,18,921  | 9.84%
| Communist Party of India | 19  | 5  |  4  | 2,21,494  | 5.20%
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 13  | 3  |  3  | 1,38,857  | 3.26%
| Republican Party of India | 17  | 3  |  3  | 76,089  | 1.79%
| Akali Dal Master Tara Singh Group | 61  | 2  |  2  | 1,78,746  | 4.20%
| Socialist Party | 8  | 1  |  3  | 30,591  | 0.72%
| Independents | 235  | 9  |  9  | 6,83,369  | 16.05%
| Indian National Congress | 102  | 48  |  42  | 15,94,160  | 37.45%
| Others  | 19  | 0  |  | 43,144  | 1.02%
| Total[17] | 602  | 104  |  | 42,57,113  |

Parties in green box formed coalition government

### Rajasthan

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Main article: 1967 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–
| Indian National Congress| 2,798,411| 41.42| 89| +1
| Swatantra Party| 1,493,018| 22.10| 48| +12
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 789,609| 11.69| 22| +7
| Sanghata Socialist Party| 321,574| 4.76| 8| New
| Communist Party of India| 79,826| 1.18| 0| 0
| Communist Party of India| 65,531| 0.97| 1| –4
| Praja Socialist Party| 54,618| 0.81| 0| –2
| Jai Telangana Party| 45,576| 0.67| 0| New
| Republican Party of India| 8,932| 0.13| 0| New
| Independents| 1,099,169| 16.27| 16| –6
Total| 6,756,264| 100.00| 184| +8
Valid votes| 6,756,264| 79.34|
Invalid/blank votes| 1,759,342| 20.66|
Total votes| 8,515,606| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 10,002,447| 85.14|
Source: ECI[18]

### Tripura

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Main article: 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election

Performance of the political parties in this election  Party  | Seats Contested  | Seats Won  | No. of Votes  | % of Votes  | 1963 Seats

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 5  | 0  | 1,506  | 0.35%  | No data available
Communist Party of India | 7  | 1  | 34,562  | 7.97%  | No data available
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 16  | 2  | 93,739  | 21.61%  | No data available
Indian National Congress | 30  | 27  | 251,345  | 57.95%  | No data available
Sanghata Socialist Party | 1  | 0  | 83  | 0.02%  | No data available
Independents | 28  | 0  | 52,457  | 12.10%  | No data available
Total  | 87  | 30  | 433,692  |  |

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### Uttar Pradesh

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Main article: 1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Party| Votes| %| +/–| Seats| +/–
| Indian National Congress| 6,912,104| 32.20| 4.13%| 199| 50
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh| 4,651,738| 21.67| 5.21%| 98| 49
| Samyukta Socialist Party| 2,140,924| 9.97| 7.41%| 44| 20
| Communist Party of India| 692,942| 3.23| 1.85%| 13| 1
| Swatantra Party| 1,016,284| 4.73| 0.13%| 12| 3
| Praja Socialist Party| 878,738| 4.09| 7.43%| 11| 27
| Republican Party of India| 889,010| 4.14| 0.40%| 10| 2
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)| 272,565| 1.27| new party| 1| new party
| Independents| 4,013,661| 18.70| 5.99%| 37| 6
Total| 21,467,966| 100.00| –| 425| 5
Valid votes| 21,467,966| 93.38|
Invalid/blank votes| 1,521,785| 6.62|
Total votes| 22,989,751| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 42,148,100| 54.55|

### West Bengal

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Main article: 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967[20] | Political Party
| No. of candidates
| No. of elected
| Number of Votes
| % of Votes
| Seat change

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| Indian National Congress | 280 | 127 | 5,207,930 | 41.13% |  30
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 135 | 43 | 2,293,026 | 18.11% |  43
| Bangla Congress | 80 | 34 | 1,286,028 | 10.16% |  34
| Communist Party of India | 62 | 16 | 827,196 | 6.53% |  34
| All India Forward Bloc | 42 | 13 | 561,148 | 4.43% |
| Samyukta Socialist Party | 26 | 7 | 269,234 | 2.13% |  7
| Praja Socialist Party | 26 | 7 | 238,694 | 1.88% |  2
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 16 | 6 | 238,694 | 2.14% |  2
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 8 | 4 | 238,694 | 0.72% |  1
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 58 | 1 | 167,934 | 1.33% |  1
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 58 | 1 | 167,934 | 1.33% |  8
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 58 | 1 | 167,934 | 1.33% |  1
| Swatantra Party | 21 | 1 | 102,576 | 0.81% |  1
| Independents | 327 | 31 | 1,708,011 | 13.49% |  20
| Total | 1058 | 280 | 12,663,030 |  |

## References

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2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 : To the Legislative Assembly of Assam". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
4. ^ Nazima Parveen (2021). Contested Homelands: Politics of Space and Identity. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789389000917. "BJS won thirty-three of fifty-six seats of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election in 1967.."
5. ^ Radha Raman, ed. (1 April 1976). Delhi Gazetteer - 1976. Delhi. p. 974.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
6. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF GOA DAMAN & DIU" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013.
7. ^ The total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win one seat
8. ^ "Haryana 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
9. ^ "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
10. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF KERALA" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA NEW DELHI.
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