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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.
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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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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 |
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||||||
| 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 |
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.
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