Gujarat assembly election, Feb 1967

The 2nd Gujarat legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

168

85 needed for a majority

Largest party

INC

93 seats · majority

Candidates

613

14 women, 8 elected

Turnout

59.66%

63.8 lakh of 1.07 cr

The house

168 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

INC93
SWA66
IND5
PSP3
BJS1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Gujarat assembly election (1962)

SWA

+40

INC

-20

PSP

-4

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
INC Indian National Congress	93	-20	168	46.0%	29,33,059	45.97%	-4.88	2
SWA Swatantra Party	66	+40	147	43.2%	24,36,901	38.19%	+13.75	5
IND Independent	5	-2	227	7.7%	6,50,097	10.19%	-1.84	195
PSP Praja Socialist Party	3	-4	37	15.9%	2,12,314	3.33%	-4.41	23
BJS Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1	—	16	21.7%	1,20,147	1.88%	—	8
SSP Samyukta Socialist Party	0	—	14	4.6%	23,380	0.37%	—	13
RPI RPI	0	—	4	2.8%	5,194	0.08%	—	4

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Gujarat at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 1967

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
PARDI	Gujarat	INCU. H. PATEL	SWAG. R. PATEL	30,54574.85%
DHRANGADHRA	Gujarat	SWAMOORRAJJI	INCG. D. PATEL	27,47763.02%
DEVGADH BARIA	Gujarat	SWAJAIDEEPSINHJI	INCG.N. DALAL	25,52661.88%
SURAT CITY NORTH	Gujarat	INCP. M. VYAS	INDH. G. DALAL	15,88155.02%
UMBERGAON	Gujarat	INCS. D. THAKARIA	SWAM. V. DHODI	16,54154.01%
LIMKHEDA	Gujarat	SWAV.B. PASAYA	INCB.M. BHABHOR	18,39153.26%
LIMDI	Gujarat	INCI.M. HATHILA	SWAG.M. DAMOR	17,72052.24%
SURAT CITY EAST	Gujarat	INCG. R. CHOKHAWALA	SWAP. B. MODI	14,24451.30%
DOHAD	Gujarat	INCJ.M. SOLANKI	SWAS.P. BAMANIA	13,55945.77%
SANKHEDA	Gujarat	INCC.J. PATEL	SWAR.G. PATEL	20,13145.50%

Closest results of Feb 1967

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
JASDAN	Gujarat	SWAS. KHACHAR	INCP. G. GONSAI	670.20%
PETLAD	Gujarat	INCA.A. MIRZA	SWAJ.C. PATEL	1860.39%
SALIA	Gujarat	SWAR.J. BHATIA	INDP.H. PATEL	1470.42%
WAGHODIA	Gujarat	INCM.G. POLA	SWAB.N. PATEL	1400.43%
KHERALU	Gujarat	INDV. V. PARIKH	SWAM. K. THAKORE	2230.55%
JUNAGADH	Gujarat	INCP. K. DAVE	BJSS. K. ACHARYA	2250.65%
JODIA	Gujarat	SWAC. D. THAKOR	INCD. P. VYAS	3791.04%
KARJAN	Gujarat	SWAN.G. ARYA	INCN.M. PARMAR	5141.12%
JAMALPUR	Gujarat	SWAA. T. KUNDIWALA	INCK. R. CHHIPA	4231.14%
MANGROL	Gujarat	INDN. P. GANDHI	INCZ. A. SHEKH	3531.24%