1967 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

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All 296 assembly constituencies 149 seats needed for a majority
Registered	18,394,846
Turnout	53.49%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Govind Narayan Singh Dwarka Prasad Mishra Party Lok Sewak Dal INC Alliance SVD UPA Last election New - Seats won 230 84 Seat change 25 Popular vote 3,70,06,86 Percentage 40.60%
CM before election Dwarka Prasad Mishra INC Elected CM Govind Narayan Singh Samyukta Vidhayak Dal

Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967. These were the elections to the legislative assembly having 296 seats in undivided Madhya Pradesh.^[1] Govind Narayan Singh was elected to the assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate but soon rebelled against the incumbent Chief Minister, Dwarka Prasad Mishra and resigned from the Congress party. He formed a new political party, known as the Lok Sewak Dal and became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as the leader of a coalition, known as the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal.^[2][3]

After the previous election in 1962, the number of constituencies in Madhya Pradesh were increased from 288 to 296, following the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[4]

Result

Source:^[5]

#	Party	Seats Contested	Seats won	Seats Changed	% Votes
1	Indian National Congress	296	167	+25	40.60%
2	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	265	78	+37	28.28%
3	Samyukta Socialist Party	114	10	+10	5.28%
4	Praja Socialist Party	110	9	-24	4.68%
5	Swantantra Party	21	7	-5	2.55%
6	Jan Congress	33	2	+2	1.52%
7	Communist Party of India	33	1	0	1.11%
8	Independent	296	22	-17	14.90%
	Total		296

Elected Members