The 1967 Maharashtra State Assembly election was held for the third term of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha. A total of 274 seats were contested. The

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won the largest number of seats. Incumbent

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Vasantrao Naik Vasantrao Phulsing Naik (1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979) was an Indian politician who served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975. To this date, he remains as the longest-serving Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Also, he had a cr ...

was reelected as Chief Minister.

List of participating political parties

Results

Party results

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, , 270, , 203, , 12, , 6,288,564, , 47.03%, , 4.19% , - , , align="left",

Peasants and Workers Party of India The Peasants and Workers Party of India is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded on 13.06.1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 1,00,000 members. The influence of the party is lar ...

, , 58, , 19, , 4, , 1,043,239, , 7.80%, , 0.33% , - , , 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 ...

, , 41, , 10, , 4, , 651,077, , 4.87%, , 1.03% , - , , 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 ...

, , 66, , 8, , 1, , 545,935, , 4.08%, , 3.15% , - , , align="left",

Republican Party of India The Republican Party of India (RPI, often called the Republican Party or simply Republican) is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Polit ...

, , 79, , 5, , 2, , 890,377, , 6.66%, , 1.28% , - , , align="left",

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) (ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the pol ...

, , 166, , 4, , 4, , 1,092,670, , 8.17%, , 3.17% , - , , 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 ...

, , 48, , 4, , 3, , 616,466, , 4.61%, , 4.11% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

, , 11, , 1, , 1 , , 145,083, , 1.08%, , 1.08% ''(New Party)'' , - , , 40 , 0 , , 150,101 , 1.12% , 0.68% , - , , align="left", Independents, , 463, , 16, , 1, , 1,948,223, , 14.57%, , 2.17% , - , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , align="left", Total, , 1242, , 270, , 6, , 13,371,735, , 64.84%, , 4.48% , -

Elected members

The following is a list of the members who won their elections

References

{{Maharashtra State Assembly election State Assembly elections in Maharashtra 1960s in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...