1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 296 assembly constituencies
149 seats needed for a majority
Registered18,394,846
Turnout53.49%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Govind Narayan Singh Dwarka Prasad Mishra
Party Lok Sewak Dal INC
Alliance SVD INC+
Last election New -
Seats won 230 84
Seat change Increase25
Popular vote 3,70,06,86
Percentage 40.60%

CM before election

Dwarka Prasad Mishra
INC

Elected CM

Govind Narayan Singh
Samyukta Vidhayak Dal

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967. These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.[1] Govind Narayan Singh was elected to the assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate but soon rebelled against the incumbent Chief Minister, Dwarka Prasad Mishra and resigned from the Congress party. He formed a new political party, known as the Lok Sewak Dal and became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as the leader of a coalition, known as the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal.[2][3]

After the previous election in 1962, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased from 288 to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[4]

  1. ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ The Gwalior dynasty: A short history of the Scindias in Indian politics
  3. ^ In Madhya Pradesh politics, family comes first
  4. ^ "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1961". Election Commission of India. 7 December 1961. Retrieved 13 October 2021.