Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 1967
Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1967
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| All 270 assembly constituencies to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly |
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Majority party |
Minority party |
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| Party |
INC |
PWP |
| Last election |
215 seats, 51.22% |
15 seats, 7.47% |
| Seats won |
203 |
19 |
| Seat change |
 12 |
 4 |
| Popular vote |
6,288,564 |
1,043,239 |
| Percentage |
47.03% |
7.80 |
| Swing |
4.19% |
0.33% |
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Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of Maharashtra in 1967, to elect 270 members to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1]
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
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Political Party
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No. of candidates
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No. of elected
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Number of Votes
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% of Votes
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Seat change
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Indian National Congress | 270 | 203 | 6,288,564 | 47.03% | 12 |
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Peasants and Workers Party of India | 58 | 19 | 1,043,239 | 7.80% | 4 |
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Communist Party of India | 41 | 10 | 651,077 | 4.87% | 4 |
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Praja Socialist Party | 66 | 8 | 545,935 | 4.08% | 1 |
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Republican Party of India | 79 | 5 | 890,377 | 6.66% | 5 |
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 166 | 4 | 1,092,670 | 8.17% | 4 |
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Samyukta Socialist Party | 48 | 4 | 616,466 | 4.61% | 4 |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 1 | 145,083 | 1.08% | 1 |
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Independents | 463 | 16 | 1,948,223 | 14.57% | 1 |
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Total | 1242 | 270 | 13,371,735 | |
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