1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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425 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
213 seats needed for a majority
Registered42,148,100
Turnout22,989,751 (54.55%) Increase3.11%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Chandra Bhanu Gupta
Party INC ABJS SSP
Leader's seat Ranikhet
Last election 249 seats, 36.33% 49 seats, 16.46% 24 seats, 8.21%
Seats won 199 98 44
Seat change Decrease 50 Increase 49 Increase 44
Popular vote 6,912,104 4,651,738 2,140,924
Percentage 32.20% 21.67% 9.97%
Swing Decrease 4.13% Increase 5.21% Increase 7.41%
Chief Minister before election

Chandra Bhanu Gupta
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Charan Singh
SVD

1967 Fourth general elections held in Uttar Pradesh. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the largest share of the popular vote. But it could not secure enough seats for a majority and so a coalition of other parties formed the government with Charan Singh as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Chief Ministers". Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. ^ Rai, V. K. (1999). "In Search of a New Balance: Caste, Region and Community in Uttar Pradesh". Economic and Political Weekly. 34 (34/35): 2400–2408. JSTOR 4408335.