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1967 Indian general election

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Field	Value
country	India
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1962 Indian general election
previous_year	1962
next_election	1971 Indian general election
next_year	1971
election_date	17–21 February 1967
seats_for_election	520 of the 523 seats in the Lok Sabha
majority_seats	261
registered	250,207,401
turnout	61.04% ( 0.12pp)
image_size	130x130px
image1
leader1	Indira Gandhi
party1	Indian National Congress
last_election1	44.72%, 361 seats
seats1	283
seat_change1	78
popular_vote1	59,490,701
percentage1	40.78%
swing1	3.94pp
image2
leader2	C. Rajagopalachari
party2	Swatantra Party
last_election2	7.89%, 18 seats
seats2	44
seat_change2	26
popular_vote2	12,646,847
percentage2	8.67%
swing2	0.78pp
image4	{{CSS image crop	Image=Deendayal Upadhyaya 2018 stamp of India.jpg
bSize	150	cWidth=100	cHeight=120	oLeft=35	oTop=40}}
leader4	Deendayal Upadhyaya
party4	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
last_election4	6.44%, 14 seats
seats4	35
seat_change4	21
popular_vote4	13,580,935
percentage4	9.31%
swing4	2.87pp
image5
leader5	Shripad Amrit Dange
party5	Communist Party of India
last_election5	9.94%, 29 seats
seats5	23
seat_change5	6
popular_vote5	7,458,396
percentage5	5.11%
swing5	4.83pp
map_image	Wahlergebnisse in Indien 1967.svg
map_caption	Results by constituency
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	Indira Gandhi
before_party	Indian National Congress
after_election	Indira Gandhi
after_party	Indian National Congress
outgoing_members	List of members of the 3rd Lok Sabha
elected_members	List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha

General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the fourth Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha. Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so.

The incumbent Indian National Congress government retained power, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. Indira Gandhi was resworn in as the Prime Minister on 13 March.

Background

By 1967 economic growth in India had slowed – the 1961–1966 Five-Year Plan gave a target of 6% annual growth, but the actual growth rate was 2%. Under Lal Bahadur Shastri, the government's popularity was boosted after India prevailed in the 1965 War with Pakistan, but the war, along with the previous 1962 War with China, put a strain on the economy. Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress while its two popular leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri had both died. Indira Gandhi had succeeded Shastri as leader, but a rift had emerged between her and Deputy Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who had been her rival in the 1966 party leadership contest.

Results

The INC suffered setbacks in seven states, which included Gujarat, where INC won 11 out of 24 seats while Swatantra Party won 12 seats; Madras State, where INC won 3 out of 39 seats and DMK won 25 seats; Orissa, where they won 6 out of 20 seats and Swatantra Party won 8 seats. Rajasthan where they won 10 out of 20 seats Swatantra Party won 8 seats, West Bengal where they won 14 out of 40, Kerala where they won only 1 out of 19. Delhi where they won 1 out of 7 while remaining 6 were won by Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The party was also ousted from power in nine states, while losing governance in Uttar Pradesh one month after the election.

State wise

State
(# of seats)	Party	Seats contested	Seats won	% of votes
[Andhra Pradesh](1967-indian-general-election-in-andhra-pradesh)(41)		Indian National Congress	41	35
	Swatantra Party	19	3	13.75
	Communist Party Of India	22	1	12.62
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	0	6.2
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	4	0	1.0
	Independent	63	2	18.52
[Assam](1967-indian-general-election-in-assam)(14)		Indian National Congress	14	10
	Praja Socialist Party	4	2	12.80
	Communist Party Of India	4	1	8.27
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3	0	5.48
	Independent	18	0	19.08
[Bihar](1967-indian-general-election-in-bihar)(53)		Indian National Congress	53	34
	Samyukta Socialist Party	34	7	17.83
	Communist Party of India	17	5	9.93
	Independent	99	4	13.95
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	48	1	11.05
	Praja Socialist Party	32	1	7.38
	Swatantra Party	25	0	3.41
[Gujarat](1967-indian-general-election-in-gujarat)(24)		Swatantra Party	21	12
	Indian National Congress	24	11	46.92
	Independent	28	1	9.51
[Haryana](1967-indian-general-election-in-haryana)(9)		Indian National Congress	9	7
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	7	1	19.85
	Independent	36	1	19.77
	Swatantra Party	2	0	5.6
	Samyukta Socialist Party	5	0	5.5
[Jammu & Kashmir](1967-indian-general-election-1999-jammu-and-kashmir)(6)		Indian National Congress	6	5
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	4	1	24.92
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	3	0	20.34
[Kerala](1967-indian-general-election-in-kerala)(19)		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	9	9
	Communist Party of India	3	3	7.99
	Samyukta Socialist Party	3	3	8.24
	Muslim League	2	2	6.6
	Indian National Congress	19	1	36.15
	Independent	12	1	7.36
	Kerala Congress	5	0	5.12
[Madhya Pradesh](1967-indian-general-election-in-madhya-pradesh)(37)		Indian National Congress	37	24
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	32	10	29.56
	Independent	61	2	13.65
	Swatantra Party	2	1	2.74
[Madras](1967-indian-general-election-in-madras)(39)		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	25	25
	Swatantra Party	8	6	9.16
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	5	4	6.85
	Indian National Congress	39	3	41.69
	Independent	36	1	4.07
[Maharashtra](1967-indian-general-election-in-maharashtra)(45)		Indian National Congress	45	37
	Peasants And Workers Party Of India	11	2	7.54
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	7	2	5.14
	Samyukta Socialist Party	5	2	3.74
	Independent	62	1	11.45
	Praja Socialist Party	8	1	2.55
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	26	0	7.36
	Republican Party Of India	17	0	12.71
[Mysore](1999-indian-general-election-in-mysore)(27)		Indian National Congress	27	18
	Swatantra Party	11	5	14.29
	Praja Socialist Party	5	2	5.12
	Samyukta Socialist Party	2	1	2.61
	Independent	45	1	22.0
[Orissa](1967-indian-general-election-in-orissa)(20)		Swatantra Party	17	8
	Indian National Congress	20	6	33.33
	Praja Socialist Party	5	4	16.1
	Samyukta Socialist Party	2	1	4.5
	Independent	16	1	10.81
[Punjab](1967-indian-general-election-in-punjab)(13)		Indian National Congress	13	9
	Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh	8	3	22.61
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	8	1	12.49
	Independent	25	0	9.32
[Rajasthan](1967-indian-general-election-in-rajasthan)(23)		Indian National Congress	22	10
	Swatantra Party	14	8	27.04
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	7	3	10.27
	Independent	64	2	17.12
[Uttar Pradesh](1967-indian-general-election-in-uttar-pradesh)(85)		Indian National Congress	85	47
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	77	12	22.18
	Samyukta Socialist Party	43	8	10.27
	Independent	190	8	17.08
	Communist Party of India	17	5	3.26
	Praja Socialist Party	27	2	3.74
	Swatantra Party	38	1	4.77
	Republican Party Of India	24	1	4.07
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	6	1	1.19
[West Bengal](1967-indian-general-election-in-west-bengal)(40)		Indian National Congress	40	14
	Independent	44	7	15.28
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	16	5	15.65
	Communist Party Of India	11	5	9.14
	Bangla Congress	7	5	9.36
	All India Forward Bloc	6	2	4.88
	Praja Socialist Party	2	1	1.7
	Samyukta Socialist Party	3	1	1.49
Source=[ECI](https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4114-general-election-1967-vol-i-ii/?do=download&r=9743&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=6df04992cf2c2fe96a9487465b425663)

References

"General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha". Election Commission of India.
(2 June 1970). "politics since independence". The Age.
Ananth, V. Krishna. (2017-02-22). "Why 1967 general election was a watershed in Indian politics and the lessons it left behind".

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