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India Lok Sabha Election, 1967

521 seats · vs 1962 (494-seat house — comparison approximate) · turnout 58.3%

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Party standings

India Lok Sabha Election, 1967 · 19 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 283 seatsSwatantra Party — 44 seatsIndependent — 35 seatsBharatiya Jana Sangh — 35 seatsDravida Munnetra Kazhagam — 26 seatsCommunist Party of India — 23 seatsSamyukta Socialist Party — 23 seats12 other parties — 51 seats261520of 521 seats
  • INC283
  • SWA44
  • IND35
  • BJS35
  • DMK26
  • CPI23
  • SSP23
  • Others51

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress28354%6,03,38,20640.9%519
SWASwatantra Party448%1,30,62,4308.9%181
INDIndependent357%2,02,97,31213.8%891
BJSBharatiya Jana Sangh357%1,35,80,9359.2%249
DMKDravida Munnetra Kazhagam265%57,70,7093.9%27
CPICommunist Party of India234%74,58,3965.1%109
SSPSamyukta Socialist Party234%71,71,6274.9%122
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)194%62,46,5224.2%59
PSPPraja Socialist Party132%44,56,4873.0%109
BACBAC51%12,04,3560.8%7
ADSADS31%9,68,7120.7%8
PWPPWP20%10,28,7550.7%11
FBLFBL20%6,27,9100.4%6
MULMUL20%4,13,8680.3%2
RPIRPI10%36,07,7112.4%70
JKNJKN10%2,10,0200.1%4
JKDJKD10%1,83,2110.1%5
AHLAHL10%1,12,4920.1%1
UGSUGS10%1,00,1370.1%2

+ 6 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

House composition

Majority line at 261

1967 · selected
Majority 261
INC283SWA44IND35BJS35DMK26CPI23SSP23CPM19PSP13BAC5+9 more · 14 seats
1962 · previous
Majority 248

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1962 → 1967

1962 1967· by party
50%38%25%13%0%
44.7
40.9
7.9
8.9
11.0
13.8
0.0
9.2
2.0
3.9
9.9
5.1
0.0
4.9
INCSWAINDBJSDMKCPISSP

Seat change

1967 seats minus 1962 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
361 → 283
−78
SWA
18 → 44
+26
IND
20 → 35
+15
BJS
0 → 35
+35
DMK
7 → 26
+19
CPI
29 → 23
−6
SSP
0 → 23
+23
CPM
0 → 19
+19
PSP
12 → 13
+1
BAC
0 → 5
+5

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1962 → 1967

share lostshare gained
BJS
0.0% → 9.2%
+9.2%
SSP
0.0% → 4.9%
+4.9%
CPM
0.0% → 4.2%
+4.2%
IND
11.0% → 13.8%
+2.7%
RPI
0.0% → 2.4%
+2.4%
DMK
2.0% → 3.9%
+1.9%
SWA
7.9% → 8.9%
+1.0%
BAC
0.0% → 0.8%
+0.8%
ADS
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
FBL
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%

Biggest INC–SWA swings

Seats where the INC-vs-SWA vote gap moved most, 1962 → 1967. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − SWA share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward SWA.

toward SWAtoward INC
Dhenkanal
Odisha
−108.8%
Keonjhar
Odisha
−92.5%
Rampur
Uttar Pradesh
−88.6%
Guna
Madhya Pradesh
−82.7%
Baroda
Gujarat
−80.8%
Surendranagar
Gujarat
−80.7%
Bolangir
Odisha
−77.9%
Bhadrak
Odisha
−76.8%
Palamau
Bihar
+74.9%
Bhanjanagar
Odisha
−74.2%
Hazaribagh
Bihar
+72.3%
Koraput
Odisha
−72.0%

All constituencies · 1967

521 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1962