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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Tripura Territorial Council
| previous_year = 1962
| next_election = 1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1972
| seats_for_election = 30 seats in the Assembly
| election_date = 21 Feb 1967
| image1 =
| leader1 = [[Sachindra Lal Singh]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leaders_seat1 = Agartala Sadar II
| last_election1 = ''No data available''
| seats1 = 27
| seat_change1 =''No data available''
| popular_vote1 = 251,345
| percentage1 = 57.95%
| image2 =
| leader2 =-
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leaders_seat2 =-
| last_election2 =''No data available''
| seats2 = 2
| seat_change2 =''No data available''
| popular_vote2 = 93,739
| percentage2 = 21.61%
| title = [[Chief Minister of Tripura|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Sachindra Lal Singh]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election = [[Sachindra Lal Singh]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| majority_seats = 16
}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]

Until 1972, Tripura was a Union Territory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Tripura union territory}}</ref> The 1967 [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] election took place on 21 February 1967 in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 30 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sec.tripura.gov.in/|title=State Election Commission, Tripura}}</ref>

[[Indian National Congress]] led by [[Sachindra Lal Singh]], won 27 seats and formed a Government in [[Tripura]] union territory.

==Highlights==
Election to the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] were held on February 21, 1967. The election were held in a single phase for all the 30 assembly constituencies.

=== Participating Political Parties ===
<div class="mob-table">

<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>Partytype Abbreviation</th><th> Party</th><th></th></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">National Parties</td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>BJS </td><td>Bharatiya Jan Sangh</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>CPI </td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>CPM </td><td>Communist Party of India (Marxist)</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>INC </td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>SSP </td><td>Sanghata Socialist Party</td></tr>
<tr class="tableizer-secrow"><td colspan="3" align="center">Independents</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>IND</td><td>Independent</td></tr>
</table>
</div><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=List of Participating Political Parties}}</ref>
=== No. of Constituencies ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Type of Constituencies
! GEN
! SC
! ST
! Total
|-
| No. of Constituencies
| 18
| 3
| 9
| 30
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Constituencies-Tripura}}</ref>
=== Electors ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Electors
| 605,934
| <center>-</center>
| 605,934
|-
| No.of Electors who Voted
| 450,334
| <center>-</center>
| 450,334
|-
| Polling Percentage
| 74.32%
| <center>-</center>
| 74.32%
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Total No.of Electors}}</ref>
=== Performance of Women Candidates ===
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Men
! Women
! Total
|-
| No.of Contestants
| 86
| 01
| 87
|-
| Elected
| 30
| 00
| 30
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Performance of Women candidates Vs Men candidates}}</ref>

==Result==
{{Politics of India}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats Won
! No. of Votes
! % of Votes
! 1963 Seats
|-
| [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
| 5
| 0
| 1,506
| 0.35%
| ''No data available''
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 7
| 1
| 34,562
| 7.97%
| ''No data available''
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 16
| 2
| 93,739
| 21.61%
| ''No data available''
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 30
| 27
| 251,345
| 57.95%
| ''No data available''
|-
| [[Sanghata Socialist Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 83
| 0.02%
| ''No data available''
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 28
| 0
| 52,457
| 12.10%
| ''No data available''
|-
! Total
! 87
! 30
! 433,692
!
!
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1967/|title=1967 Tripura Election result}}</ref>

==Constituency wise Winners==
<div class="mob-table">

<table class="wikitable tableizer-table">
<tr class="tableizer-firstrow"><th>AC
No
</th><th>Assembly Constituency Name</th><th>Winner Candidates Name</th><th>Gender</th><th>Party</th></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>Mohanpur</td><td>P . R . D . Gupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>Agartalasadar I (SC)</td><td>B . B . Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>Agartalasadar II</td><td>S . Singh</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>Agartala Sadar III</td><td>T . M . D . Gupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>Agartala Town</td><td>K . Bhattacharjee</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>Old Agartala</td><td>J . K . Majumder</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>Uttar Debendranagar (ST)</td><td>A . D . Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>Takarjala (ST)</td><td>M . D . Barma</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>Bishalgarh</td><td>U . L . Singh</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>Charilam (ST)</td><td>[[A. Debbarma]]</td><td>M</td><td>CPI</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>Sonamura North</td><td>D . K . Chaudhuri</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>Sonamura South</td><td>B . Ali</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>Salgarh</td><td>E . A . Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>Radhakishorepur</td><td>N . K . Sarkar</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>Belonia</td><td>U . K . Roy</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>Muhuripur</td><td>S . C . Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>Sabroom (ST)</td><td>A . Mag</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>Birganj (ST)</td><td>B . B . Riyan</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>Dumburnagar (ST)</td><td>R . C . D . Rankhal</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>Teliamura (SC)</td><td>P . K . Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>Kalyanpur (ST)</td><td>B . C . D . Barma</td><td>M</td><td>CPM</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>Khowai</td><td>S . C . Datta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>Kamalpur (SC)</td><td>K . C . Das</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>Kulaihour (ST)</td><td>G . Dewan</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>Fatikroy</td><td>R . R . Gupta</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>Kailashahar</td><td>M . L . Bhowmik</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>27</td><td>Dharmanagar South</td><td>M . Nath</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>28</td><td>Kanchanpur (ST)</td><td>R . P . Choudhury</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>29</td><td>Dharmanagar North</td><td>B . B . Banerjee</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr>
<tr><td>30</td><td>Kadamtala</td><td>A . Wazid</td><td>M</td><td>INC</td></tr></table></div><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|title=Detailed Result 1967}}</ref>

==Government formation==
[[Indian National Congress]],(INC) won a majority of the 30 seats in the assembly. [[Sachindra Lal Singh]] of the INC continued as Chief Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiatripura-1949-present/|title=Government formation-1967,Tripura}}</ref>

==References==
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