| BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR MADHYA PRADESH | |
Election to the Legislative Assembly,1967 |
|
| 1. | No. of Seats | 296 |
| 2. | No. of Contestants | 1553 |
| 3. | ELECTORS | |
| MEN | WOMEN | TOTAL | ||
| i. | No. of Electors | 9221014 | 9173832 | 18394846 |
| ii. | No. of Voters | 6004751 | 3834399 | 9839150 |
| iii. | Polling Percentage | 53.49% |
| 4. | No. of Valid Votes | 9115360 | ||
| 5. | Votes Rejected | 723789 (7.36%) | ||
| 6. | No. of Polling Stations | |||
| 7. | Average No.of Electors per Polling Station | |||
| Performance of Parties | ||||
| PARTY | No. of candidates | Seats won | % of votes polled |
| INC | 296 | 167 | 40.69 |
| COMMUNIST | 9 | 0 | 0.23 |
| SWANTANTRA | 21 | 7 | 2.55 |
| CPI | 33 | 1 | 1.11 |
| SSP | 114 | 10 | 5.28 |
|
BJS |
265 | 78 | 28.28 |
|
PSP |
110 | 9 | 4.68 |
| NATIONAL PARTIES | 848 | 272 | 82.82 |
| RPI | 38 | 0 | 0.84 |
| STATE PARTIES TOTAL | 38 | 0 | 0.84 |
| UN REC PARTIES | 33 | 2 | 1.52 |
| IND | 634 | 22 | 14.82 |
| TOTAL | 1553 | 296 | 100.00 |