Results
Summary of results of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967[1]
|
Political Party
|
No. of candidates
|
No. of elected
|
Number of Votes
|
% of Votes
|
Seat change
|
|
Indian National Congress | 280 | 127 | 5,207,930 | 41.13% | 30 |
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 135 | 43 | 2,293,026 | 18.11% | 43 |
|
Bangla Congress | 80 | 34 | 1,286,028 | 10.16% | 34 |
|
Communist Party of India | 62 | 16 | 827,196 | 6.53% | 34 |
|
All India Forward Bloc | 42 | 13 | 561148 | 4.43% | |
|
Samyukta Socialist Party | 26 | 7 | 269,234 | 2.13% | 7 |
|
Praja Socialist Party | 26 | 7 | 238,694 | 1.88% | 2 |
|
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 16 | 6 | 238,694 | 2.14% | 2 |
|
Socialist Unity Centre of India | 8 | 4 | 238,694 | 0.72% | 1 |
|
Marxist Forward Bloc | 58 | 1 | 167,934 | 1.33% | 1 |
|
Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 58 | 1 | 167,934 | 1.33% | 8 |
|
Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 58 | 1 | 167,934 | 1.33% | 1 |
|
Swatantra Party | 21 | 1 | 102,576 | 0.81% | 1 |
|
Independents | 327 | 31 | 1,708,011 | 13.49% | 20 |
|
Total | 1058 | 280 | 12,663,030 | | |
References
- 1 2 "".
(Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, Election Commission of India)
- 1 2 M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.