1967 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election
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The fourth United 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
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won 165 seats, the
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(SWA) won twenty-nine seats and the Independent Party won sixty-eight seats. Of the 287 seats contested, 236 were general, eleven were for
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s and forty were for
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s.


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Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
1962 1960s in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh