West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.[1] United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed first non-Congress government of the state.

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 Congress2801275,207,93041.13%Decrease 30
Communist Party of India (Marxist)135432,293,02618.11%Increase 43
Bangla Congress80341,286,02810.16%Increase 34
Communist Party of India6216827,1966.53%Decrease 34
All India Forward Bloc42135611484.43%Steady
Samyukta Socialist Party267269,2342.13%Increase 7
Praja Socialist Party267238,6941.88%Increase 2
Bharatiya Jana Sangh581167,9341.33%Increase 1
Swatantra Party211102,5760.81%Increase 1
Independents327311,708,01113.49%Increase 20
Total105828012,663,030

Post-Poll Alliance

United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee formed the Government. United Front was combination of People's United Left Front, an electoral combination of Communist Party of India, the Bangla Congress, the All India Forward Bloc and the Bolshevik Party of India[2] with United Left Front (1967), electoral alliance of The front comprised the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the Workers Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  PDF (Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal, Election Commission of India)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.