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]

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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

PartySeats won
Indian National Congress 11
Swatantra Party [4] 12
Independent1

Results- Constituency wise

NoConstituencyWinnerParty
1 Kachchh T.M. SHETHINC
2 Surendranagar MEGHRAJJISWA
3 Rajkot M.R. MASANISWA
4 Jamnagar N. DANDEKARSWA
5 Junagadh V.J. SHAHSWA
6 Amreli J.V. SHAHINC
7 Bhavnagar J.N. MEHTAINC
8DHANDHUKAR.K. AMINSWA
9AHMEDABADI.YAGNIKIND
10GANDHINAGAR (SC)S.M. SOLANKIINC
11 Mahesana R.J. AMINSWA
12 Patan (SC)D.R. PARMARSWA
13BANASKANTHAM. AMERSEYSWA
14SABARKANTHAC.C. DESAISWA
15DOHAD (ST)B.R. PARMARINC
16GODHRAP.H. MODYSWA
17KAIRAP.N. SOLANKISWA
18 Anand N.R. MAHIDAINC
19BARODAP.C. PATELSWA
20DABHOIM.M. PATELINC
21BROACHM.B. RANAINC
22 Surat M.R. DESAIINC
23MANDAVI (ST)C.M. KEDARIAINC
24BULSAR (ST)N.N. PATELINC

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References

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