1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly Election
All 104 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly,; 53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.18%
CM before election; Gurmukh Singh; INC	Elected CM ; Gurnam Singh; AD(SFS)

Elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1967, to elect members of the 104 constituencies in Punjab, India. It resulted in a hung Assembly with the Indian National Congress as the largest party with 48 seats.

Voter statistics

1968 Indian Punjab political crisis

Title	MEN	WOMEN	TOTAL
No. of electors	3406064	2904999	6311063
No. of electors who voted	2502570	1989796	4492366
Polling percentage	73.47%	68.50%	71.18%

S.No.	Title	Data
1.	No. of valid votes	24468090
2.	No. of votes rejected	1391425
3.	No. of polling stations	6866
4.	Average no. of electors per polling station	919
5.	Men contestants	594
6.	Women contestants	8
7.	Total contestants	602
8.	Elected men	102
9.	Elected women	2

Political parties

List of participating political parties in Punjab assembly election in 1967

S. No.	Party abbreviation	Party
National Parties
1.	INC	Indian National Congress
2	CPI	Communist Party Of India
3	CPM	Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
4.	BJS	Bharatiya Jan Sangh
5	PSP	Praja Socialist Party
6	RPI	Republic Party of India
7	SSP	Sanghata Socialist Party
8	SWA	Swatantra Party
State Parties
9	ADM	Akali Dal Master Tara Singh Group
10	ADS	Akali Dal Sant Fateh Singh Group
Independents
11	IND	Independents

Results


	Party^[a]	Contested	Seats won	Change in seats	Popular vote	%
	Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh Group	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^[1]	602	104		42,57,113
Source^[2]

^ Parties in green box formed a coalition government

Results by constituency

A. C. No.	Assembly constituency name	Category	Winner candidate's name	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner-up candidate's name	Gender	Party	vote
1	Muktsar	(SC)	G. Singh	M	ADS	18028	M. Ram	M	INC	15939
2	Giddarbaha	GEN	H. Singh	M	INC	21692	P. Singh	M	ADS	21635
3	Malout	GEN	G. Singh	M	INC	13046	P. Singh	M	ADS	11562
4	Lambi	(SC)	S. Chand	M	INC	11982	D. Ram	M	CPI	8327
5	Abohar	GEN	S. Dev	M	BJS	21724	C. Ram	M	INC	15029
6	Fazilka	GEN	Radha Krishan	M	INC	20048	Aad Lal	M	BJS	13011
7	Jalalabad	GEN	P. Singh	M	CPI	20046	L. Singh	M	INC	19378
8	Guru Har Sahai	GEN	B. Singh	M	IND	15361	D. Rai	M	INC	14189
9	Ferozepur	GEN	G. Singh	M	INC	15419	B. Mukand	M	BJS	9029
10	Firozepur Cantonment	GEN	M. Singh	M	INC	12127	R. Singh	M	ADS	10560
11	Zira	GEN	H. Singh	M	ADS	21494	M. Singh	M	INC	20622
12	Dharamkot	GEN	L. Singh	M	ADS	22634	R. Singh	M	INC	16733
13	Nihal Singh Wala	(SC)	M. Singh	M	CPI	15204	S. Singh	M	INC	10720
14	Moga	GEN	V. Kumar	M	IND	16847	R. Lal	M	SSP	11433
15	Bagha Purana	GEN	C. Singh	M	ADS	22170	C. Singh	M	INC	17027
16	Khadoor Sahib	GEN	J.M.S. Nagoke	M	INC	22443	A. Singh	M	ADS	21565
17	Patti	GEN	R. Kaur	F	INC	26273	Jaswant Singh	M		13677
18	Valtoha	GEN	H. Singh	M	ADS	21249	U. Singh	M	INC	15985
19	Attari	(SC)	S. Singh	M	INC	15844	D. Singh	M	CPM	11624
20	Tarn Taran	GEN	H. Singh	M	ADS	24496	N.S.S. Puri	M	INC	20610
By Polls in 1967	Tarn Taran	GEN	M.Singh	M	ADS	30081	D.Singh	M	INC	15880
21	Beas	GEN	S. Singh	M	INC	20401	K. Singh	M	IND	12148
22	Jandiala	(SC)	A. Singh	M	INC	16005	T. Singh	M	ADS	12499
23	Amritsar East	GEN	B. Parkash	M	BJS	19750	I. Nath	M	INC	15124
24	Amritsar South	GEN	H. Lal	M	BJS	17023	K. Singh	M	PSP	16320
25	Amritsar Central	GEN	Balram Dass	M	BJS	22404	J.I. Singh	M	INC	13256
26	Amritsar West	GEN	S.P. Dang	M	CPI	23339	G.G.S. Mussafir	M	INC	13368
27	Verka	(SC)	K. Singh	M	ADS	14940	G. Singh	M	INC	13354
28	Majitha	GEN	P. Singh	M	ADS	28002	P. Kaur	F	INC	18584
29	Ajnala	GEN	D. Singh	M	CPM	20932	I. Singh	M	IND	12385
30	Fatehgarh	GEN	N. Singh	M	ADS	18570	J. Singh	M	INC	17081
31	Batala	GEN	M. Lal	M	INC	18528	R. Lal	M	BJS	13722
32	Sri Hargobindpur	GEN	S. Singh	M	INC	15278	K. Singh	M	ADS	11722
33	Qadian	GEN	S. Singh	M	INC	18126	B. Singh	M	CPI	6748
34	Dhariwal	GEN	S. Singh	M	INC	15067	U. Singh	M	IND	10752
35	Gurdaspur	GEN	P. Chandra	M	INC	16741	M. Singh	M	ADS	13546
36	Dina Nagar	(SC)	J. Muni	M	INC	13464	S. Pal	M	BJS	12309
37	Narot Mehra	(SC)	S. Singh	M	INC	16452	R. Chand	M	BJS	13764
38	Pathankot	GEN	C. Ram	M	BJS	18142	B. Lal	M	INC	14958
39	Balachaur	GEN	B. Ram	M	INC	20687	D. Chand	M	IND	19466
40	Garhshankar	GEN	Capt. R. Singh	M	INC	20412	D. Singh	M	CPI	13478
41	Mahilpur	(SC)	G. Singh	M	INC	18973	K. Singh	M	ADM	10477
42	Hoshiarpur	GEN	B. Singh	M	SSP	16027	Balkrishan	M	INC	12669
43	Sham Chaurasi	(SC)	G. Dass	M	INC	14656	Devraj	M	CPM	11241
44	Tanda	GEN	J. Singh	M	RPI	11969	A. Singh	M	INC	10697
45	Dasuya	GEN	R.P. Dass	M	IND	15539	D. Singh	M	IND	11958
46	Mukerian	GEN	B. Nath	M	IND	17451	R. Ram	M	INC	12382
47	Kapurthala	GEN	K. Singh	M	INC	18976	B.H. Singh	M	IND	12083
48	Sultanpur	GEN	B. Singh	M	INC	17743	A. Singh	M	ADM	15211
49	Phagwara	(SC)	S. Ram	M	INC	14943	G. Ram	M	IND	11547
50	Jullundur North	GEN	L.C. Suberwal	M	BJS	19613	G. Saini	M	INC	15374
51	Jullundur South	GEN	Manmohan	M	BJS	19138	Yashpal	M	INC	14222
52	Jullundur Cantonment	GEN	R. Singh	M	IND	11763	B. Raj	M	IND	9473
53	Adampur	GEN	D. Singh	M	INC	17485	K. Singh	M	CPI	16989
54	Kartarpur	(SC)	P. Ram	M	RPI	18708	G. Singh	M	INC	16000
55	Jamsher	(SC)	D. Singh	M	INC	11808	M. Singh	M	IND	9185
56	Nakodar	GEN	D. Singh	M	IND	11755	U. Singh	M	INC	8437
57	Nur Mahal	GEN	D. Singh	M	INC	23230	T. Singh	M	CPI	16451
58	Bara Pind	GEN	H.S. Surjit	M	CPM	18078	P. Singh	M	INC	15946
59	Banga	(SC)	H. Ram	M	ADS	16368	J. Ram	M	INC	15293
60	Nawanshahr	GEN	D. Singh	M	INC	22048	H. Singh	M	ADS	14094
61	Phillaur	GEN	A. Singh	M	INC	17267	G. Singh	M	CPM	9510
62	Jagraon	GEN	G. Singh	M	INC	20660	D. Singh	M	ADS	18173
63	Raikot	GEN	J. Singh	M	ADS	28912	S. Singh	M	INC	16947
64	Qila Raipur	GEN	G. Singh	M	ADS	25488	A. Singh	M	INC	20034
65	Dakha	(SC)	J. Singh	M	INC	18060	B. Singh	M	ADS	16903
66	Ludhiana North	GEN	K. Chand	M	BJS	22785	T. Dass	M	INC	12055
67	Ludhiana South	GEN	V.A. Vishwanath	M	BJS	14482	J. Pall	M	INC	11194
68	Kum Kalan	GEN	G.M. Singh	M	INC	17655	M. Singh	M	ADS	16921
69	Payal	GEN	G. Singh	M	INC	24505	B. Singh	M	ADS	20027
70	Khanna	(SC)	G. Singh	M	RPI	16617	B. Singh	M	INC	12371
71	Samrala	GEN	J. Singh	M	ADS	27719	A. Singh	M	INC	20320
72	Nangal	GEN	S. Parasher	F	INC	10733	B. Singh	M	BJS	7737
73	Anandpur	GEN	J. Singh	M	INC	12016	S. Singh	M	ADS	9768
74	Rupar	GEN	G. Singh	M	INC	21314	S. S. Josh	M	CPI	13288
75	Morinda	(SC)	P. S. Azad	M	INC	18852	R. Singh	M	CPM	12377
76	Kharar	GEN	B. Singh	M	ADS	15429	N. S. Talib	M	INC	14830
77	Banur	GEN	P. Singh	M	INC	18595	P. Singh	M	IND	18086
78	Rajpura	GEN	S. Parkash	M	INC	11623	K. Singh	M	ADM	7932
79	Raipur	GEN	S. Kapur	M	INC	19073	B. Singh	M	SWA	13337
80	Patiala	GEN	S. Singh	M	ADM	13778	O. Parkash	M	BJS	11541
81	Dakala	GEN	Y. Singh	M	IND	28827	R. Singh	M	CPI	3297
82	Samana	(SC)	B. Lal	M	IND	14549	H. Singh	M	INC	12228
83	Nabha	GEN	N. Singh	M	IND	24135	G. Singh	M	INC	14629
84	Amloh	(SC)	B. Singh	M	INC	14629	S. Singh	M	ADS	13146
85	Sirhind	GEN	J. Singh	M	ADM	13871	R. Singh	M	ADS	12028
86	Dhuri	GEN	T. Singh	M	INC	17829	J. Singh	M	CPM	16556
87	Malerkotla	GEN	H. H. N. I. A. Khan	M	INC	22090	N. Mohammad	M	ADS	15307
88	Sherpur	(SC)	K. Singh	M	ADS	23490	L. Singh	M	INC	10200
89	Barnala	GEN	S. Singh	M	ADS	24271	R. Singh	M	INC	10119
90	Bhadaur	(SC)	B. Singh	M	CPI	14748	G. Singh	M	INC	8287
91	Dhanaula	GEN	H. Singh	M	CPM	21192	B. H. Singh	M	INC	11228
92	Sangrur	GEN	J. Singh	M	ADS	14233	G. Singh	M	INC	13437
93	Sunam	GEN	G. Singh	M	ADS	20027	N. Ram	M	BJS	8671
94	Lehra	GEN	B. Bhan	M	INC	26377	B. Lal	M	IND	10340
95	Sardulgarh	GEN	H. Singh	M	ADS	22167	K. Singh	M	INC	19050
96	Budhlada	GEN	G. Singh	M	INC	19621	T. Singh	M	ADS	16977
97	Mansa	GEN	J. Singh	M	CPI	14466	H. Singh	M	INC	11864
98	Talwandi Sabo	GEN	D. Singh	M	ADS	21148	G. Singh	M	INC	10106
99	Pakka Kalan	GEN	K. Singh	M	ADS	19968	T. Singh	M	INC	15865
100	Bhatinda	GEN	F. Chand	M	IND	26356	H. Lal	M	INC	14921
101	Phul	GEN	H. Singh	M	INC	19826	B. Singh	M	CPI	17925
102	Nathana	(SC)	H. Singh	M	ADS	21061	K. Singh	M	INC	7615
103	Kotkapura	GEN	H. Singh	M	ADS	23907	M. Singh	M	INC	14185
104	Faridkot	(SC)	B. Singh	M	ADS	16273	S. Singh	M	INC	12771

Government formation

After result Gurnam Singh formed the government by making an alliance called People's United Front with other political parties, 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

^ "Statistical Report on General Election Punjab 1967". Election Commission of India.
^ "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1967". www.elections.in.

[1] Parties in green box formed a coalition government

[eci-2] "Statistical Report on General Election Punjab 1967". Election Commission of India.

[3] "List of Polling Booth For Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1967". www.elections.in.

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