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1967 Indian general election in Gujarat

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The Indian general election of 1967 elected the 4th Lok Sabha of India and was held from 17 to 21 February. The 27 Indian states and union territories were represented by 520 single-member constituencies in the Lok Sabha, an increase of 26 from the previous session of Lok Sabha including two seats from Gujarat.[1][2][3]

Elections to state assemblies were also held simultaneously, the last general election to do so. INC won 11 seats, while Swatantra Party won 12 seats out of twenty-four seats from Gujarat.

Party-wise results summary

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Party Seats won
Indian National Congress 11
Swatantra Party[4] 12
Independent 1

Results- Constituency wise

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No Constituency Winner Party
1 Kachchh T.M. SHETH INC
2 Surendranagar MEGHRAJJI SWA
3 Rajkot M.R. MASANI SWA
4 Jamnagar N. DANDEKAR SWA
5 Junagadh V.J. SHAH SWA
6 Amreli J.V. SHAH INC
7 Bhavnagar J.N. MEHTA INC
8 DHANDHUKA R.K. AMIN SWA
9 AHMEDABAD I.YAGNIK IND
10 GANDHINAGAR (SC) S.M. SOLANKI INC
11 Mahesana R.J. AMIN SWA
12 Patan (SC) D.R. PARMAR SWA
13 BANASKANTHA M. AMERSEY SWA
14 SABARKANTHA C.C. DESAI SWA
15 DOHAD (ST) B.R. PARMAR INC
16 GODHRA P.H. MODY SWA
17 KAIRA P.N. SOLANKI SWA
18 Anand N.R. MAHIDA INC
19 BARODA P.C. PATEL SWA
20 DABHOI M.M. PATEL INC
21 BROACH M.B. RANA INC
22 Surat M.R. DESAI INC
23 MANDAVI (ST) C.M. KEDARIA INC
24 BULSAR (ST) N.N. PATEL INC

References

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  1. ^ "General Election of India 1967, 4th Lok Sabha" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  2. ^ "General Election, 1967, 4th Lok Sabha".
  3. ^ "Why 1967 general election was a watershed in Indian politics and the lessons it left behind".
  4. ^ "Socialist parties in India, 1967, 4th Lok Sabha". JSTOR 2642162.