1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

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All 168 seats in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly 85 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai Party INC(O) SWA Leader's seat Olpad Last election 113 26 Seats won 93 66 Seat change 20 40
Chief Minister before election Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai INC Elected Chief Minister Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai INC

The 3rd Gujarat Legislative Assembly election was held in 1967. It was the second election held after formation of Gujarat.^[1][2] Indian National Congress (INC) won 93 seats out of 168 seats. While, Swatantra Party (SWA) won 66 seats. INC performed badly in this election and lost 20 seats, and SWA improve performance and won 40 more seats. Total 599 men and 14 women contested in the election. Total 160 men and 8 women won in the elections. Number of polling stations were 11,554 and number of electors per polling stations were 926.