1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Template:Infobox election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.^[1] United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed the first non-Congress government of the state.^[2]

Results

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Member	Party
Mekliganj	SC	Amar Roy Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
Mathabhanga	SC	Dinesh Chandra Dakua	Template:Party name with color
Cooch Behar West	SC	Prasenjit Barman	Template:Full party name with color
Sitai	None	Fazle Haque	Template:Full party name with color
Dinhata	None	Kamal Guha	Template:Full party name with color
Cooch Behar North	None	Matiranjan Tar	Template:Full party name with color
Cooch Behar South	None	Santosh Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Tufanganj	SC	Sankar Sen Ishore	Template:Full party name with color
Kumargram	None	Pijush Kanti Mukherjee	Template:Full party name with color
Kalchini	ST	D. Lakra	Template:Full party name with color
Alipore Duars	None	N. Bhattacharya	Template:Full party name with color
Falakata	SC	J. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Madarihat	ST	D. N. Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Dhupguri	None	A. G. Neogi	Template:Full party name with color
Nagrakata	ST	B. Bhagat	Template:Full party name with color
Mainaguri	SC	J. Ray	Template:Full party name with color
Mal	ST	A. Topna	Template:Full party name with color
Jalpaiguri	None	K. N. Das Gupta	Template:Full party name with color
Rajganj	SC	B. N. R. Hakim	Template:Full party name with color
Kalimpong	None	K. B. Gurung	Template:Full party name with color
Darjeeling	None	Deo Prakash Rai	Template:Full party name with color
Jorebunglow	None	Nandalal Gurung	Template:Full party name with color
Siliguri	None	A. K. Moitra	Template:Full party name with color
Phansidewa	ST	T. Wangoi	Template:Full party name with color
Chopra	None	A. Chowdhury	Template:Full party name with color
Goal Pokhar	None	M. Salimuddin	Template:Full party name with color
Karandighi	None	H. S. Hussain	Template:Full party name with color
Raiganj	None	N. N. Kundu	Template:Full party name with color
Kaliaganj	SC	S. P. Barman	Template:Full party name with color
Itahar	None	Z. Abedin	Template:Full party name with color
Kushmandi	SC	J. M. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Gangarampur	None	Khalil Sayed	Template:Full party name with color
Kumarganj	None	M. Bose	Template:Full party name with color
Balurghat	None	M. Basu	Template:Full party name with color
Tapan	ST	N. Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Habibpur	ST	B. Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Gajol	ST	D. Murmu	Template:Full party name with color
Kharba	None	G. Yazdani	Template:Full party name with color
Harish Chandrapur	None	M. E. Razi	Template:Full party name with color
Ratda	None	S. M. Misra	Template:Full party name with color
Malda	None	M. S. Mia	Template:Full party name with color
Englishbazar	None	S. G. Sen	Template:Full party name with color
Manikchak	None	R. S. Singhi	Template:Full party name with color
Suzapur	None	A. B. A. G. K. Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Kaliachak	None	N. Islam	Template:Party name with color
Farakka	None	T. A. N. Nabi	Template:Full party name with color
Suti	None	S. Mahammad	Template:Full party name with color
Jangipur	None	A. Haque	Template:Full party name with color
Sagardighi	SC	A. C. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Lalgola	None	A. Sattar	Template:Full party name with color
Bhagabangola	None	S. Bhattacharyya	Template:Full party name with color
Nabagram	None	A. K. Bakshi	Template:Full party name with color
Murshidabad	None	S. K. A. Meerza	Template:Full party name with color
Jalangi	None	A. Rahaman	Template:Full party name with color
Domkal	None	M. A. Bari	Template:Party name with color
Naoda	None	M. Israil	Template:Full party name with color
Hariharpara	None	S. Ahmed	Template:Full party name with color
Berhampore	None	S. Bhattacharyya	Template:Full party name with color
Beldanga	None	A. Latif	Template:Full party name with color
Kandi	None	G. Trivedi	Template:Full party name with color
Khargram	SC	S. K. Mondal	Template:Full party name with color
Barwan	None	A. L. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Bharatpur	None	S. Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Karimpur	None	N. Sanyal	Template:Full party name with color
Tehatta	None	S. Banerji	Template:Full party name with color
Kaliganj	None	S. M. F. Rahman	Template:Full party name with color
Nakashipara	SC	M. C. Mondal	Template:Full party name with color
Chapra	None	J. Mojumder	Template:Full party name with color
Nabadwip	None	S. M. Nandy	Template:Full party name with color
Krishnagar West	None	A. Mukherjee	Template:Party name with color
Krishnagar East	None	K. K. Maitra	Template:Full party name with color
Hanskhali	SC	C. M. Sarkar	Template:Full party name with color
Santipur	None	K. Pal	Template:Party name with color
Ranaghat West	None	B. K. Chattopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Ranaghat East	SC	N. Sarkar	Template:Full party name with color
Chakdah	None	Haridas Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Haringhata	None	B. M. Karim	Template:Full party name with color
Bagdaha	SC	A. L. Majumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Bongaon	None	K. Bhowmick	Template:Full party name with color
Gaighata	None	C. Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Ashokenagar	None	S. K. Sen	Template:Full party name with color
Barasat	None	H. K. Basu	Template:Full party name with color
Rajarhat	SC	S. N. Das	Template:Party name with color
Deganga	None	J. Kabir	Template:Full party name with color
Habra	None	J. P. Mukherjee	Template:Full party name with color
Swarupnagar	None	J. R. Sen	Template:Full party name with color
Baduria	None	Q. A. Gaffar	Template:Full party name with color
Basirhat	None	A. B. Bandopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Hasnabad	None	H. N. Mazumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Hingalganj	SC	B. N. Brahmachari	Template:Full party name with color
Gosaba	SC	G. N. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Sandeshkhali	ST	D. N. Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Haroa	SC	G. Pramanick	Template:Full party name with color
Basanti	None	S. Khatun	Template:Full party name with color
Canning	SC	A. C. Halder	Template:Full party name with color
Kultali	SC	P. Purkait	Template:Full party name with color
Joynagar	None	S. Banerjee	Template:Full party name with color
Baruipur	SC	K. R. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Sonarpur	None	G. Naskar	Template:Party name with color
Bhangar	None	A. Molla	Template:Full party name with color
Jadavpur	None	B. C. Guha	Template:Party name with color
Behala East	None	N. Mukherjee	Template:Party name with color
Behala West	None	R. Mukherjee	Template:Party name with color
Garden Reach	None	S. M. Abdullah	Template:Full party name with color
Maheshtola	None	S. C. Bhandari	Template:Party name with color
Budge Budge	None	K. B. R. Barman	Template:Party name with color
Bishnupur West	None	P. C. Roy	Template:Party name with color
Bishnupur East	SC	S. K. Naskar	Template:Party name with color
Falta	None	J. Roy	Template:Party name with color
Diamond Harbour	None	A. Q. Molla	Template:Party name with color
Magrahat East	SC	R. Pramanik	Template:Party name with color
Magrahat West	None	J. Abdin	Template:Full party name with color
Kulpi	SC	N. K. Haldar	Template:Full party name with color
Mathurapur	SC	H. Haldar	Template:Full party name with color
Patharpratima	None	R. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Kakdwip	None	H. Dhara	Template:Full party name with color
Sagar	None	T. Misra	Template:Full party name with color
Bijpur	None	J. C. Das	Template:Party name with color
Naihati	None	G. Bhattacharjee	Template:Full party name with color
Bhatpara	None	D. Beri	Template:Full party name with color
Noapara	None	S. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Titagarh	None	K. K. Shukla	Template:Full party name with color
Khardah	None	S. K. Chakraborty	Template:Party name with color
Panihati	None	G. K. Bhattacharyya	Template:Party name with color
Kamarhati	None	R. R. Banerji	Template:Party name with color
Baranagar	None	Jyoti Basu	Template:Party name with color
Dum Dum	None	T. K. S. Gupta	Template:Party name with color
Cossipur	None	S. K. Paul	Template:Full party name with color
Shampukur	None	G. C. Dey	Template:Full party name with color
Jorabagan	None	H. P. Chatterjee	Template:Party name with color
Jorasanko	None	R. K. Poddar	Template:Full party name with color
Barabazar	None	Ishwar Das Jalan	Template:Full party name with color
Bowbazar	None	Bijoy Singh Nahar	Template:Full party name with color
Chowringhee	None	S. S. Ray	Template:Full party name with color
Kabithirtha	None	B. B. Paul	Template:Full party name with color
Alipore	None	M. Sanyal	Template:Full party name with color
Kalighat	None	B. Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Rashbehariavenue	None	B. K. Banerjee	Template:Full party name with color
Tolly Gunge	None	N. S. Gupta	Template:Party name with color
Dhakuria	None	Somnath Lahiri	Template:Full party name with color
Ballygunge	None	J. B. Bhattacharya	Template:Full party name with color
Beliaghata South	SC	G. P. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Entally	None	A. A. M. O. Ghani	Template:Full party name with color
Taltola	None	K. Hossain	Template:Full party name with color
Sealdah	None	Pratap Chandra Chunder	Template:Full party name with color
Vidyasagar	None	N. C. Roy	Template:Party name with color
Beliaghata North	None	K. P. Ghosh	Template:Party name with color
Manicktola	None	Ila Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Burtola	None	N. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Belgachia	None	L. C. Sen	Template:Party name with color
Bally	None	S. N. Mukhrjee	Template:Full party name with color
Howrah North	None	S. K. Mukhrjee	Template:Full party name with color
Howrah Central	None	D. Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Howrah South	None	B. K. Bhattacharja	Template:Full party name with color
Shibpur	None	M. Banerjee	Template:Full party name with color
Domjur	None	A. H. Mondal	Template:Full party name with color
Jagatballavpur	None	B. B. Bose	Template:Party name with color
Panchla	None	P. Mukhopadhya	Template:Full party name with color
Sankrail	SC	N. N. Bhunia	Template:Full party name with color
Uluberia North	SC	A. L. Majumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Uliberia South	None	B. D. Ghose	Template:Full party name with color
Shyampur	None	S. Bera	Template:Full party name with color
Bagnan	None	R. G. Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Kalyanpur	None	S. K. Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Amta	None	N. Bhandari	Template:Party name with color
Udaynarayanpur	None	P. L. Maji	Template:Party name with color
Jangipara	None	M. N. Jana	Template:Party name with color
Chanditala	None	M. A. Latif	Template:Full party name with color
Uttarpara	None	M. Hazra	Template:Party name with color
Serampore	None	Gopal Das Nag	Template:Full party name with color
Champdani	None	B. Majumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Chandernagore	None	B. Mukherjee	Template:Party name with color
Singur	None	P. Pal	Template:Full party name with color
Haripal	None	A. C. Majumdar	Template:Full party name with color
Chinsurah	None	S. C. Ghose	Template:Full party name with color
Polba	None	B. Chattopadhayay	Template:Full party name with color
Balagarh	SC	H. K. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Pandua	None	R. Kundu	Template:Full party name with color
Dhaniakhali	SC	K. Saha	Template:Full party name with color
Tarakeswar	None	R. Chatterjee	Template:Full party name with color
Pursurah	None	S. M. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Khanakul	SC	M. Saha	Template:Party name with color
Arambagh	None	A. K. Mukhopadhyaya	Template:Full party name with color
Goghat	SC	A. K. Biswas	Template:Full party name with color
Chandrakona	None	I. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Ghatal	SC	N. R. Dal	Template:Party name with color
Daspur	None	B. C. Sasmal	Template:Full party name with color
Panskura West	None	R. K. Pramanik	Template:Full party name with color
Panskura East	None	G. Mukhopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Moyna	None	K. Bhowmik	Template:Full party name with color
Tamluk	None	A. K. Mukhopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Mahishadal	None	S. K. Bhara	Template:Full party name with color
Sutahata	SC	M. C. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Nandigram	None	B. C. Panda	Template:Full party name with color
Narghat	None	P. K. Gayen	Template:Full party name with color
Bhagbanpur	None	A. Maiti	Template:Full party name with color
Khajuri	SC	B. Paik	Template:Full party name with color
Contai North	None	M. L. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Contai South	None	S. C. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Ramnagar	None	T. Pradhan	Template:Full party name with color
Egra	None	B. Pahari	Template:Full party name with color
Mugberia	None	B. Maity	Template:Full party name with color
Pataspur	None	K. D. Mahapatra	Template:Full party name with color
Pingla	None	G. Samanta	Template:Full party name with color
Debra	None	K. Chakraborty	Template:Full party name with color
Keshpur	SC	R. K. Doloi	Template:Full party name with color
Garhbeta East	SC	K. K. Chalak	Template:Full party name with color
Garhbeta West	None	P. Sinharay	Template:Full party name with color
Salbani	None	A. R. Mahato	Template:Full party name with color
Midnapur	None	K. C. Ghose	Template:Full party name with color
Kharagpur	None	N. Choubey	Template:Full party name with color
Kharagpur Local	None	D. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Narayangarh	None	K. D. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Dantan	None	D. N. Das	Template:Full party name with color
Keshiari	ST	B. C. Tudu	Template:Full party name with color
Nayagram	ST	J. Hansda	Template:Full party name with color
Gopiballavpur	None	D. Kar	Template:Full party name with color
Jhargram	None	P. C. Ghosh	Template:Full party name with color
Binpur	ST	M. C. Saren	Template:Full party name with color
Banduan	ST	K. Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
Manbazar	None	G. Mahato	Template:Full party name with color
Balarampur	ST	G. Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
Arsha	None	B. Mukherjee	Template:Full party name with color
Jhalda	None	C. Mahato	Template:Full party name with color
Jaipur	None	R. K. Mahato	Template:Full party name with color
Purulia	None	B. B. D. Gupta	Template:Full party name with color
Para	SC	S. Bauri	Template:Full party name with color
Raghunathpur	SC	N. Bauri	Template:Full party name with color
Kashipur	None	S. N. S. Deo	Template:Full party name with color
Hura	None	S. Ojha	Template:Full party name with color
Taldangra	None	P. Mukhopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Raipur	ST	B. Saren	Template:Full party name with color
Ranibandh	ST	B. Hemran	Template:Full party name with color
Indpur	SC	B. B. Maji	Template:Full party name with color
Chhatna	None	J. Koley	Template:Full party name with color
Gangjalghati	SC	G. Maji	Template:Full party name with color
Barjora	None	A. Chatterjee	Template:Full party name with color
Bankura	None	S. Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Onda	None	S. Dutta	Template:Full party name with color
Vishnupur	None	B. C. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Kotulpur	None	S. Sarkar	Template:Full party name with color
Indas	SC	P. C. Mal	Template:Full party name with color
Sonamukhi	SC	K. Saha	Template:Full party name with color
Hirapur	None	S. Ghatak	Template:Full party name with color
Kulti	None	J. Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
Barabani	None	M. Upadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Asansol	None	G. R. Mitra	Template:Full party name with color
Raniganj	None	H. Roy	Template:Party name with color
Jamuria	SC	T. Mondal	Template:Full party name with color
Ukhra	SC	H. Mondal	Template:Full party name with color
Durgapur	None	D. K. Mazumdar	Template:Party name with color
Faridpur	None	M. Baksi	Template:Full party name with color
Ausgram	SC	K. C. Halder	Template:Party name with color
Bhatar	None	S. Hazra	Template:Full party name with color
Galsi	None	P. C. Roy	Template:Full party name with color
Burdwan North	None	Syed Shahedullah	Template:Party name with color
Burdwan South	None	S. B. Choudhury	Template:Full party name with color
Khandaghosh	SC	P. Dhibar	Template:Full party name with color
Raina	None	D. Tah	Template:Full party name with color
Jamal Pur	SC	P. Pramanik	Template:Full party name with color
Memari	None	P. Bishayee	Template:Full party name with color
Kalna	None	H. K. Konar	Template:Party name with color
Nadanghat	None	P. C. Goswami	Template:Full party name with color
Manteswar	None	N. C. Chaudhuri	Template:Full party name with color
Purbasthali	None	L. Hazra	Template:Party name with color
Katwa	None	S. Chowdhury	Template:Party name with color
Mangalkot	None	N. Sattar	Template:Full party name with color
Ketugram	SC	P. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Nanur	SC	S. Jash	Template:Full party name with color
Bolpur	None	R. K. Sinha	Template:Full party name with color
Labpur	None	S. Bandyopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Dubrajpur	None	K. N. Bandopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Rajnagar	SC	S. Mandal	Template:Full party name with color
Suri	None	B. Bandopadhyay	Template:Full party name with color
Mahammad Bazar	None	N. Ghosh	Template:Full party name with color
Mayureswar	SC	K. Saha	Template:Full party name with color
Rampurhat	None	S. S. Mondal	Template:Full party name with color
Hansan	SC	S. Prasad	Template:Full party name with color
Nalhati	None	G. Mahiuddin	Template:Full party name with color
Murarai	None	B. Ahamad	Template:Full party name with color

Post-Poll Alliance

United Front 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^[3] with United Left Front, comprising CPI(M), SSP, SUC, MFB, RCPI, WPI and the RSP.^[3]

References

↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL. Election Commission of India.
↑ Adi Parba{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Ananda Publishers(1971)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.

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[eciwb67-1] STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL. Election Commission of India.

[2] Adi Parba{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Ananda Publishers(1971)

[M.V.S._Koteswara_Rao_2003._p._227-229-3] 3.0 ^3.1 M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 227-229.

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