West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967

West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967

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All 294 seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   Leader Jyoti Basu Bidhan Chandra Roy Party CPI(M) INC Alliance United Front INC+ Leader's seat Baranagar Bowbazar Seats won 133 127 Seat change 43 30 Popular vote 2,293,026 5,207,930 Percentage 18.11% 41.13%
Chief Minister before election Bidhan Chandra Roy INC Chief Minister Ajoy Mukherjee Bangla Congress/United Front

Bidhan Chandra Roy
INC

Ajoy Mukherjee
Bangla Congress/United Front

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967 was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 1967 to elect 280 members to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee won majority of seats in the election, and formed first non-Congress government of the state.

United Front led by Ajoy Mukherjee formed the Government. United Front was combination of People's United Left Front, an electoral combination of Communist Party of India, the Bangla Congress, the All India Forward Bloc and the Bolshevik Party of India with United Left Front (1967), electoral alliance of The front comprised the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India, the Marxist Forward Bloc, the Revolutionary Communist Party of India, the Workers Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party.

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