1967 Indian general election

1967 Indian general election

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520 of the 523 seats in the Lok Sabha[a] 261 seats needed for a majority
Registered	250,207,401
Turnout	61.04% ( 0.12 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Indira Gandhi C. Rajagopalachari Party INC SWA Last election 44.72%, 361 seats 7.89%, 18 seats Seats won 283 44 Seat change 78 26 Popular vote 59,490,701 12,646,847 Percentage 40.78% 8.67% Swing 3.94pp 0.78pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Deendayal Upadhyaya Shripad Amrit Dange Party ABJS CPI Last election 6.44%, 14 seats 9.94%, 29 seats Seats won 35 23 Seat change 21 6 Popular vote 13,580,935 7,458,396 Percentage 9.31% 5.11% Swing 2.87pp 4.83pp
Results by constituency
Prime Minister before election Indira Gandhi INC Prime Minister after election Indira Gandhi INC

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.^[1] 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.

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