1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
25 February 1967
All 280 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
141 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Prafulla Chandra Sen Jyoti Basu Ajoy Mukherjee
Party INC CPI(M) Bangla Congress
Alliance ULF PULF
Leader since 1962 1964 1967
Leader's seat Arambag (lost) Baranagar Tamluk (vacated)
Arambag
Last election 47.3%, 157 seats New New
Seats won 127 43 34
Seat change 30 43 34
Popular vote 5,207,930 2,293,026 1,286,028
Percentage 41.1% 18.1% 10.16%
Swing 6.2 pp New New
Structure of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election

Prafulla Chandra Sen
INC

 Chief Minister after election

Ajoy Mukherjee
Bangla Congress

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

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