1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

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All 318 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly 160 seats needed for a majority
Registered	27,743,190
Turnout	51.51%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Party INC SSP ABJS Seats before 185 New 3 Seats won 128 68 26 Seat change 57 New 23 Popular vote 33.09% 17.62 10.42
CM before election K. B. Sahay INC Elected CM Mahamaya Prasad Sinha Jana Kranti Dal

Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967, to elect members of the 318 constituencies in Bihar, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, but Mahamaya Prasad Sinha of the Jana Kranti Dal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Bihar.^[1] No single party had won a majority of seats,^[2] and the Indian National Congress joined a post-poll coalition with the Jana Kranti Dal, and some Independents, to form the government.

After the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India were taken into account, the constituencies in Bihar was set at 318.^[3]

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	4,479,460	33.09	128	57
	Samyukta Socialist Party	2,385,961	17.62	68	New
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1,410,722	10.42	26	23
	Praja Socialist Party	942,889	6.96	18	11
	Communist Party of India	935,977	6.91	24	12
	Jan Kranti Dal	451,412	3.33	13	New
	Swatantra Party	315,184	2.33	3	47
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	173,656	1.28	4	New
	Republican Party of India	23,893	0.18	1	New
	Independents	2,419,469	17.87	33	21
Total		13,538,623	100.00	318	0
Valid votes		13,538,623	73.37
Invalid/blank votes		4,914,436	26.63
Total votes		18,453,059	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		27,743,190	66.51
Source: ECI[4]

Elected members