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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Maharashtra State Assembly Elections, 1967
| country = India
| flag_year =
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 1962 Maharashtra State Assembly election
| previous_year = 1962
| next_election = 1972 Maharashtra State Assembly election
| next_year = 1972
| seats_for_election = All 270 assembly constituencies to [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
| election_date = 1967
| turnout = 
| image1 =
| leader1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 =
| last_election1 = 215 seats, 51.22%
| seats1 = 203
| popular_vote1 = 6,288,564
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 12
| percentage1 = 47.03%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 4.19%

| image2 =
| leader2 =
| party2 = Peasants and Workers Party of India
| alliance2 =
| last_election2 = 15 seats, 7.47%
| seats2 = 19
| popular_vote2 = 1,043,239
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 4
| percentage2 = 7.80
| swing2 = {{increase}} 0.33%

| image3 =
| leader3 =
| party3 = Communist Party of India
| alliance3 =
| last_election3 = 6 seats, 5.90%
| seats3 = 10
| popular_vote3 = 651,077
| seat_change3 = {{increase}} 4
| percentage3 = 4.87 %
| swing3 = {{decrease}}1.03%
| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Vasantrao Naik]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Vasantrao Naik]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 136
}}

'''Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967''' was held in [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]] in 1967, to elect 270 members to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]].<ref name= pdf>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Maharashtra%201967.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |website=eci.nic.in |type=pdf}}</ref>

==Results==
[[Indian National Congress]] won most number of seats.<ref name= pdf /> Incumbent [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] [[Vasantrao Naik]] was reelected as Chief Minister

{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Maharashtra State Assembly election, 1967|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat change 
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||270||203||6,288,564||47.03%||{{decrease}} 12
|-
| {{party color cell|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]||58||19||1,043,239||7.80%||{{increase}} 4
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||41||10||651,077||4.87%||{{increase}} 4
|-
| {{party color cell|Praja Socialist Party}}
|align="left"|[[Praja Socialist Party]]||66||8||545,935||4.08%||{{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Republican Party of India]]||79||5||890,377||6.66%||{{increase}} 5
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]||166||4||1,092,670||8.17%||{{increase}} 4
|-
| {{party color cell|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|align="left"|[[Samyukta Socialist Party]]||48||4||616,466||4.61%||{{increase}} 4
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||11||1||145,083||1.08%||{{increase}} 1
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||463||16||1,948,223||14.57%||{{increase}} 1
|-
|-
|
|align="left"|'''Total'''||1242||270||13,371,735||
|-
|}

== List of winning candidates ==
The following is the list of candidates won:<ref>{{cite web |title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962 |url=https://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html |website=elections.in}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
|-
!Constituency Name || Member of Legislative Assembly || Political party || "align=right"| Votes polled
|-
| [[Achalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Achalpur]] || N S Deshmukh || INC ||
|-
| [[Amgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amgaon]] || Laxman Mankar || BJS ||
|-
| [[Chembur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chembur]] || Hashu Advani || BJS ||
|-
| Dhobi Talav || M B Popat || INC ||
|-
| [[Girgaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Girgaon]] || Anant Namjoshi || INC ||
|-
| [[Nagpur North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nagpur North]] || P R Wasnik || INC ||
|-
| [[Nagpur West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nagpur West]] || Sushila Balraj || INC ||
|-
| [[Pusad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pusad]] || Vasantrao Naik || INC ||
|-
| [[Sakoli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sakoli]] || S P Kapgate || BJS ||
|-
| Shrivardhan || A R Antulay || INC ||
|-
| [[Shukrawar Peth (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Shukrawar Peth]] || Rambhau Mhalgi || BJS ||
|-
| [[Walva (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Walva]] || Rajaram-bapu Patil || INC ||
|}

==References==
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