1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Elections to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Yashwant Singh Parmar was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.^[1]

1967 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

← 1952 21 February 1967 1972 →
All 60 seats in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,582,103
Majority party Minority party   Leader Yashwant Singh Parmar Party INC ABJS Leader's seat Rainka Seats won 34 7 Popular vote 53.24% 7.75%
CM before election Yashwant Singh Parmar INC Elected CM Yashwant Singh Parmar INC

State Reorganization

Previous legislative elections in Himachal Pradesh were held in 1952. But under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Himachal Pradesh became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956, under the direct administration of the President of India and the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly was abolished simultaneously.^[2] Under Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, following area of Punjab State namely Simla, Kangra, Kulu and Lahul and Spiti Districts, Nalagarh tehsil of Ambala District, Lohara, Amb and Una kanungo circles, some area of Santokhgarh kanungo circle and some other specified area of Una tehsil of Hoshiarpur District besides some parts of Dhar Kalan Kanungo circle of Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur District; were merged with Himachal Pradesh on 1 November 1966.

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	323,247	42.19	34
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	106,261	13.87	7
	Communist Party of India	22,173	2.89	2
	Swatantra Party	14,767	1.93	1
	Others	7,787	1.02	0
	Independents	291,884	38.10	16
Total		766,119	100.00	60
Valid votes		766,119	94.54
Invalid/blank votes		44,234	5.46
Total votes		810,353	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,582,103	51.22
Source: ECI[3]

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Kinnaur	ST	T.s.negi		Independent
Rampur	SC	N.ram		Independent
Rohru	None	P.dev		Indian National Congress
Jubbal	None	R.lal		Indian National Congress
Chopal	None	K.ram		Independent
Theog	None	J.b.l.khachi		Independent
Kasumpti	None	S.ram		Indian National Congress
Simla	None	D.ram		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Arki	None	H.s.pal		Independent
Nalagarh	None	A.singh		Independent
Doon	None	L.ram		Independent
Solan	SC	K.ram		Indian National Congress
Kandaghat	SC	N.ram		Indian National Congress
Pachhad	SC	Z.singh		Indian National Congress
Rainka	None	Y.s.parmar		Indian National Congress
Paonta	None	G.s.chauhan		Indian National Congress
Nahan	None	T.singh		Indian National Congress
Bilaspur	None	D.r.shankhyan		Indian National Congress
Geharwin	SC	N.ram		Indian National Congress
Ghumarwin	None	K.singh		Indian National Congress
Bhota	None	D.singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Mewa	SC	A.singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Hamirpur	None	K.ram		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Nadaunta	None	A.chand		Indian National Congress
Kutlehar	None	R.singh		Independent
Santokhgarh	None	V.sagar		Independent
Una	None	P.chand		Independent
Amb	None	H.ram		Indian National Congress
Gagret	SC	M.singh		Indian National Congress
Nadaun	None	B.ram		Independent
Jaswan	None	Paras Ram		Communist Party of India
Guler	None	Churamani		Independent
Dehra	None	V.bhushan		Independent
Sullah	None	D.chand		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Rajgir	SC	Wazir		Indian National Congress
Baijnath	None	B.ram		Communist Party of India
Palampur	None	K.b.lal		Indian National Congress
Nagrota	None	Hardyal		Indian National Congress
Kangra	None	H.ram		Indian National Congress
Dharamsala	None	R.k.chand		Indian National Congress
Nurpur	None	K.singh		Indian National Congress
Jawali	None	R.chandra		Indian National Congress
Gangath	SC	D.ram		Indian National Congress
Bhattiyat	None	Inder Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Banikhet	None	D.raj		Indian National Congress
Rajnagar	SC	V.dhar		Indian National Congress
Chamba	None	K.lal		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Bharmour	ST	R.chand		Swatantra Party
Lahaul Spiti	ST	Devi Singh		Independent
Kulu	None	L.chand		Indian National Congress
Inner Seraj	None	D.ram		Indian National Congress
Outer Seraj	SC	I.dass		Indian National Congress
Karsog	SC	Mansa		Independent
Chachiot	None	K.singh		Indian National Congress
Sundernagar	None	L.datt		Indian National Congress
Balh	SC	P.ram		Indian National Congress
Gopalpur	None	H.singh		Independent
Dharampur	None	K.singh		Indian National Congress
Joginder Nagar	SC	G.ram		Indian National Congress
Mandi	None	S.ram		Indian National Congress

See also

• List of constituencies of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
• 1967 elections in India

References

1. Rajeev Khanna (24 October 2019). "Why YS Parmar Remains a Legend, Given Most Present Day Politicians". Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
3. "Himachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 July 2021.