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

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

won the largest number of seats. Incumbent

Chief Minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union ter ...

Vasantrao Naik Vasantrao Phulsingh Naik (1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979) was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1963 until 1975. Career He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh during 1952-1957, of ...

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 (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra, India. The party was founded in 1948, having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is large ...

, , 58, , 19, , 4, , 1,043,239, , 7.80%, , 0.33% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

, , 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 in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the ...

, , 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) was a political party in India. It had its roots in the All-India Scheduled Castes Federation led by N. Sivaraj and B. R. Ambedkar. The Party was e ...

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

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

, , 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 1974. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1965, Ram Manohar Lohia merged his Socialist Party (Lohia) with SSP and conteste ...

, , 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)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

, , 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 () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to th ...