The 4th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases in 1967 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India.

Constituencies

Assam Legislative Assembly, 126 consisted of 93 Genrael constituencies, 24

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and 9

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constituencies. A total of 492 nominations were filed out of which 486 were men's and 6 were women withdrew their nominations. 4 women were elected to Assam Legislative Assembly.

Political Parties

9 National parties along with 10 registered unrecognized parties took part in the assembly election.

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

contested 92 seats and won 76 of them.

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candidates won 14 seats while no other party cross double-digit.

Results

, - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats
Contested !! Won !! % of
Seats !! Votes !! Vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" ,

, , 120 , , 73 , , 44.66% , , 1354748 , , 43.60% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

All Party Hill Leaders Conference The All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) was a political party of the Indian state of Meghalaya. The president of the party was Mr Williamson A. Sangma. The party had made major gains in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from 1970 to 1982. ...

, , 12 , , 9 , , 57.86% , , 108447 , , 3.49% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, , 22 , , 7 , , 30.19% , , 108447 , , 5.15% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Praja Socialist Party The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. It was founded when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoo ...

, , 35 , , 5 , , 23.20% , , 213094 , , 6.86% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Samyukta Socialist Party Samyukta Socialist Party (; SSP), was a political party in India from 1964 to 1972. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1972, SSP was reunited with PSP, forming the Socialist Party. The General Secret ...

, , 17 , , 4 , , 26.37% , , 101802 , , 3.28% , - , , style="text-align:left;" ,

Swatantra Party The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly soci ...

, , 13 , , 3 , , 14.07% , , 46187 , , 1.49% , - , , , 124 , , 26 , , 36.12% , , 1004695 , , 32.33% , - class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! colspan = 3, Total Seats ! 105 !! style="text-align:center;" , Voters !! 5449305 !! style="text-align:center;" , Turnout !! 3369230 (61.83%)

Constituency-wise results

References

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Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

State Assembly elections in Assam 1960s in Assam March 1967 events in Asia

Constituencies

Political Parties

Results

Constituency-wise results

See also

References