1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

1967 Haryana Legislative Assembly election

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All 81 seats in the Haryana Legislative Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Registered	4,387,980
Turnout	72.65%
Majority party Minority party   Leader B. D. Sharma Party INC ABJS Seats won 48 12 Popular vote 1,252,290 436,145 Percentage 41.33% 14.39%
CM before election B. D. Sharma INC Elected CM B. D. Sharma INC

The first elections to the Haryana Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967 to elect members from all 81 constituencies in Haryana, India. ^[1] The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Birender Singh was appointed as the Chief Minister of Haryana. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	1,252,290	41.33	48
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	436,145	14.39	12
	Sanghata Socialist Party	108,172	3.57	0
	Swatantra Party	96,410	3.18	3
	Republican Party of India	87,861	2.90	2
	Communist Party of India	27,238	0.90	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	16,379	0.54	0
	Praja Socialist Party	6,477	0.21	0
	Independents	998,969	32.97	16
Total		3,029,941	100.00	81
Valid votes		3,029,941	76.48
Invalid/blank votes		931,825	23.52
Total votes		3,187,946	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,387,980	72.65
Source: ECI [3]

Elected members

• Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency ^[4]

Assembly Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
#k	Names	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%
1	Kalka	75.32	Lachhman Singh		Independent	12,787	32.39	K. Lal		INC	12,086	30.62	701
2	Naraingarh	70.03	L. Singh		INC	16,691	45.35	R. N. Sarup		ABJS	8,528	23.17	8,163
3	Chhachhrauli	68.98	R. Parkash		INC	15,525	42.48	P. Chand		Independent	14,605	39.97	920
4	Jagadhri	78.52	D. Prakash		ABJS	14,665	41.12	G. Singh		INC	12,856	36.05	1,809
5	Yamunanagar	75.87	B. Dayal		INC	22,043	52.43	R. Lal		ABJS	15,419	36.68	6,624
6	Mulana	64.84	R. Prasad		RPI	16,694	52.53	S. Ram		INC	12,321	38.77	4,373
7	Naggal	69.31	Lakhwati		INC	17,494	54.32	M. Singh		Independent	12,430	38.60	5,064
8	Ambala Cantt.	72.00	Dev Raj Anand		INC	11,343	41.65	P. Nath		ABJS	10,845	39.82	498
9	Ambala City	71.74	Faqir Chand Aggarwal		ABJS	15,887	50.50	A. G. Khan		INC	8,973	28.52	6,914
10	Shahbad	76.21	Jagdish Chander		INC	11,074	34.75	K. Chand		ABJS	10,778	33.83	296
11	Thanesar	77.57	D. Prakash		INC	18,659	52.49	B. Singh		ABJS	14,822	41.69	3,837
12	Babain	76.31	Chand Ram		INC	21,884	60.76	R. Dia		ABJS	11,724	32.55	10,160
13	Nilokheri	75.58	S. Ram		ABJS	10,605	33.81	C. Singh		Independent	9,294	29.63	1,311
14	Indri	75.39	Parsani Devi		INC	17,056	46.92	T. Ram		ABJS	5,885	16.19	11,171
15	Karnal	76.29	Ram Lal		ABJS	11,702	31.38	L. Ram		INC	9,215	24.71	2,487
16	Jundla	66.56	Ram Kishan		INC	10,843	34.69	B. Ram		RPI	10,696	34.22	147
17	Gharaunda	77.35	M. Chand		INC	13,906	34.27	R. Singh		ABJS	12,736	31.39	1,170
18	Samalkha	75.64	Randhir		ABJS	12,215	30.73	K. Singh		INC	12,101	30.45	114
19	Panipat	78.35	Fateh Chand		ABJS	20,459	49.71	H. Rai		INC	18,134	44.06	2,325
20	Naultha	77.66	M. Singh		INC	12,943	36.34	D. Singh		Independent	9,504	26.68	3,439
21	Rajound	72.67	Ran Singh		INC	16,992	41.81	B. Singh		SWA	10,932	26.90	6,060
22	Pundri	81.73	R. P. Singh		INC	20,143	49.04	I. Singh		Independent	13,670	33.28	6,473
23	Serhada	79.54	P. A. J. Singh		Independent	12,080	29.86	S. Singh		INC	11,641	28.78	439
24	Kaithal	78.02	Om Parbha		INC	21,933	51.56	A. Chand		SWA	20,015	47.05	1,918
25	Pehowa	70.96	Chiman Lal		SWA	13,010	34.47	M. Singh		INC	11,117	29.45	1,893
26	Kalayat	76.03	Maru		SWA	15,910	42.13	B. Ram		INC	15,552	41.18	358
27	Narwana	80.95	S. Singh		RPI	21,130	49.67	K. Ram		INC	19,611	46.10	1,519
28	Jind	74.65	Daya Krishan		INC	26,089	59.26	I. Singh		Independent	15,548	35.32	10,541
29	Julana	77.47	Dal Singh		INC	21,534	56.24	G. Ram		ABJS	12,211	31.89	9,323
30	Safidon	75.65	S. Krishan		INC	17,692	48.67	S. Narain		Independent	11,721	32.24	5,971
31	Meham	77.77	M. Singh		Independent	18,875	48.92	B. Prasad		INC	13,361	34.63	5,514
32	Baroda	68.51	R. Dhari		INC	13,164	36.24	Darya Singh		ABJS	11,637	32.04	1,527
33	Gohana	76.89	Ram Dhari		INC	19,898	51.30	H. Kishan		Independent	11,901	30.68	7,997
34	Kailana	78.43	Rajinder Singh		INC	18,847	48.58	C. Lal		Independent	17,436	44.94	1,411
35	Sonipat	75.96	M. Lal		INC	17,930	45.72	M. Singh		ABJS	17,035	43.44	895
36	Rai	67.04	Rizaq Ram		INC	20,115	53.54	Banwari		Independent	16,206	43.14	3,909
37	Rohat	67.04	B. Singh		Independent	13,001	41.85	S. Ram		INC	11,220	36.11	1,781
38	Hassangarh	72.84	S. Chand		INC	11,167	31.40	H. Singh		Independent	9,058	25.47	2,109
39	Kiloi	81.07	Shreyo Nath		Independent	21,079	53.78	R. Singh		INC	12,406	31.65	8,673
40	Rohtak	76.79	Mangal Sein		ABJS	23,672	55.39	T. Chand		INC	18,558	43.43	5,114
41	Kalanaur	76.12	Nasib Singh		ABJS	18,103	51.20	S. Singh		INC	9,972	28.20	8,131
42	Beri	76.62	Partap Singh Doulta		INC	22,577	52.50	N. Kumar		Independent	8,624	20.05	13,953
43	Salhawas	62.59	P. Chand		INC	14,219	37.60	Amar Singh		Independent	13,278	35.11	941
44	Jhajjar	78.74	M. Singh		Independent	15,024	31.66	Chandan Singh		Independent	11,279	23.77	3,745
45	Bahadurgarh	73.10	Hardwari Lal		INC	24,737	56.88	Hari Singh		Independent	11,726	26.96	13,011
46	Faridabad	64.98	K. D. Kapil		INC	13,037	31.93	K. Kumar		Independent	7,206	17.65	5,831
47	Ballabgarh	71.05	T. Ram		INC	15,308	36.95	S. Singh		Independent	12,906	31.15	2,402
48	Palwal	74.01	Dhan Singh		Independent	11,374	26.78	M. Chand		ABJS	11,012	25.93	362
49	Hassanpur	68.77	Gaya Lal		Independent	10,458	28.31	M. Singh		INC	10,098	27.34	360
50	Ferozepur Jhirka	70.20	D. Mohammad		SWA	19,040	52.60	T. Huisain		INC	17,160	47.40	1,880
51	Nuh	70.71	Chaudhary Rahim Khan		Independent	15,212	41.50	K. Ahmed		INC	14,171	38.66	1,041
52	Hathin	67.57	D. Singh		INC	17,921	50.18	Rajinder Singh		Independent	9,190	25.73	8,731
53	Sohna	73.20	M. Singh		Independent	15,733	40.28	B. Dayal		INC	13,051	33.42	2,682
54	Gurgaon	73.20	Pratap Singh Thakran		ABJS	20,792	52.82	Kanhaya Lal		INC	16,567	42.09	4,225
55	Pataudi	79.53	B. Singh		INC	22,517	50.25	S. Ram		Independent	21,531	48.05	986
56	Rewari	70.46	Sumitra Devi		INC	18,474	56.00	Abhai Singh		ABJS	13,108	39.73	5,366
57	Bawal	58.12	Kanhia Lal		Independent	8,227	29.08	R. Parshad		Independent	7,739	27.35	488
58	Jatusana	66.89	J. Singh		Independent	18,443	48.48	N. Singh		INC	16,742	44.01	1,701
59	Ateli	67.03	N. Singh		INC	17,607	48.78	R. Jiwan		Independent	16,640	46.10	967
60	Narnaul	65.76	B. Lal		ABJS	10,330	32.43	Ram Saran Chand Mittal		INC	9,776	30.69	554
61	Mahendragarh	65.38	Hari Singh		Independent	9,558	29.05	R. Singh		Independent	8,636	26.24	922
62	Kanina	64.79	Dalip Singh		Independent	17,381	56.13	B. Dhar		INC	12,236	39.51	5,145
63	Badhra	69.94	Attar Singh		Independent	15,003	37.13	Chandrawati		INC	9,635	23.84	5,368
64	Dadri	68.59	Ganpat Rai		INC	13,782	38.70	Harnam Singh		SSP	12,400	34.82	1,382
65	Loharu	69.15	Hira Nand		INC	16,240	45.79	T. Ram		SSP	13,111	36.97	3,129
66	Tosham	68.72	Bansi Lal		INC	11,511	33.98	M. R. D. Ram		SSP	6,142	18.13	5,369
67	Bhiwani	72.60	Bhagwan Dev		ABJS	17,591	49.74	Sagar Ram Gupta		INC	13,423	37.96	4,168
68	Mundhal Khurd	74.95	J. Singh		Independent	11,163	32.00	S. Singh		INC	9,985	28.62	1,178
69	Narnaund	74.96	R. Datt		INC	13,417	35.03	J. Singh		Independent	10,391	27.13	3,026
70	Hansi	75.73	Hari Singh		INC	16,435	43.23	K. Singh		Independent	6,771	17.81	9,664
71	Bawani Khera	65.92	Jagan Nath		INC	17,179	53.72	F. Singh		Independent	6,866	21.47	10,313
72	Adampur	74.34	H. Singh		INC	16,955	43.41	R. Singh		Independent	16,704	42.77	251
73	Hisar	69.75	S. Lata		INC	11,285	31.55	B. Rai		Independent	11,061	30.93	224
74	Barwala	71.43	P. Singh		INC	19,936	53.75	A. Singh		SSP	13,423	36.19	6,513
75	Tohana	70.08	Harpal Singh		INC	19,196	51.90	S. Singh		SSP	13,534	36.59	5,662
76	Fatehabad	70.08	Gobind Rai		INC	22,830	52.09	M. Ram		Independent	9,660	22.04	13,170
77	Badopal	78.11	M. Ram		INC	27,034	65.96	C. Lal		Independent	9,289	22.66	17,745
78	Sirsa	69.78	L. Dass		ABJS	18,805	51.25	S. Ram		INC	13,738	37.44	5,067
79	Rori	70.17	P. S. Dass		INC	18,432	43.51	D. Singh		Independent	15,260	36.02	3,172
80	Dabwali	64.80	Kesra Ram		INC	15,221	46.41	P. Chander		Independent	14,351	43.75	870
81	Ellenabad	72.58	P. Singh		INC	20,208	51.18	Lal Chand		Independent	17,561	44.47	2,647

See also

• List of constituencies of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
• 1967 elections in India

References

1. "Haryana Assembly Election Results in 1967". Elections in India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
2. "Rao Birender Singh, second CM of Haryana, passes away". 1 October 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
3. "Haryana 1967". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 February 2022.
4. "Haryana Assembly Election Results in 1967". Elections in India. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-20.