1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
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All 104 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly, 53 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.18% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result
| Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1967[1] | ||||||
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| Part | contested | Seats won | change in seats | popular vote | % | |
| Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh | 59 | 24 |  24 |
8,71,742 | 20.48 | |
| Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 49 | 9 | 1 |
4,18,921 | 9.84% | |
| Communist Party of India | 19 | 5 |  4 |
2,21,494 | 5.20% | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 13 | 3 | 3 |
1,38,857 | 3.26% | |
| Republican Party of India | 17 | 3 | 3 |
76,089 | 1.79% | |
| Akali Dal Master Tara Singh Group | 61 | 2 | 2 |
1,78,746 | 4.20% | |
| Socialist Party | 8 | 1 | 3 |
30,591 | 0.72% | |
| Independents | 235 | 9 | 9 |
6,83,369 | 16.05% | |
| Indian National Congress | 102 | 48 | 42 |
15,94,160 | 37.45% | |
| Others | 19 | 0 | 43,144 | 1.02% | ||
| Total[2] | 602 | 104 | 42,57,113 | |||
Parties in green box formed coalition government
Government formation
After result Gurnam Singh formed the government but in November 1967 Lashman Singh Gill with 16 MLAs defected and with the support of Indian National Congress formed government which lasted till August 1968.
References
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