1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
← 1962 1972 →
All 287 seats in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly; 144 seats needed for a majority
Chief Minister before election; Kasu Brahmananda Reddy; Indian National Congress	Chief Minister ; Kasu Brahmananda Reddy; Indian National Congress

The fourth Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in 1967. Out of a total of 1,067 candidates, 276 men and eleven women were elected. The Indian National Congress won 165 seats, the Swatantra Party (SWA) won twenty-nine seats and the Independent Party won sixty-eight seats.

Of the 287 seats contested, 236 were general, eleven were for scheduled tribes and forty were for scheduled castes.^[1]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	291,783	2.11	3
	Communist Party of India	1,077,499	7.78	11
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,053,855	7.61	9
	Indian National Congress	6,292,649	45.42	165
	Praja Socialist Party	28,564	0.21	0
	Republican Party of India	36,757	0.27	1
	Sanghata Socialist Party	49,669	0.36	1
	Swatantra Party	1,363,382	9.84	29
	Independents	3,658,928	26.41	68
Total		13,853,086	100.00	287

Valid votes		13,853,086	85.59
Invalid/blank votes		2,333,093	14.41
Total votes		16,186,179	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,934,068	77.32
Source: ECI^[2]

References[]

^ "Election results, 1967 Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

[:0-1] "Election results, 1967 Andhra Pradesh". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.

[2] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 December 2021.

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