Legislative Assembly elections were held in
India
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n state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
in 1967 to elect 280 members to the
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Paścimabaṅga Vidhānasabhā'') is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of West Bengal, located in eastern India. It consists of 294 members directly elected from single-seat ...
.
United Front
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led by
Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed the first non-
Congress
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government of the state.
Results
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, 280, , 127, , 5,207,930, , 41.13%, , 30
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, 135, , 43, , 2,293,026, , 18.11%, , 43
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, 80, , 34, , 1,286,028, , 10.16%, , 34
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, 62, , 16, , 827,196, , 6.53%, , 34
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, 42, , 13, , 561,148, , 4.43%, ,
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, 26, , 7, , 269,234, , 2.13%, , 7
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, 26, , 7, , 238,694, , 1.88%, , 2
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, 58, , 1, , 167,934, , 1.33%, , 1
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, 21, , 1, , 102,576, , 0.81%, , 1
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, 327, , 31, , 1,708,011, , 13.49%, , 20
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, 1058
, 280
, 12,663,030
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Elected members
Post-Poll Alliance
United Front
A united front is an alliance of groups against their common enemies, figuratively evoking unification of previously separate geographic fronts or unification of previously separate armies into a front. The name often refers to a political and/ ...
led by
Ajoy Mukherjee formed the Government. United Front was the combination of
People's United Left Front, an electoral combination of
CPI, the
Bangla Congress,
AIFB and
BPI[M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.] with
United Left Front, comprising
CPI(M),
SSP,
SUCI(C),
MFB,
RCPI,
WPI and the
RSP.
References
{{West Bengal assembly elections
State Assembly elections in West Bengal
1960s in West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...