1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election


Elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly were held in 1967, to elect members of the 104 constituencies in Punjab, India. It resulted in a hung Assembly with the Indian National Congress as the largest party with 48 seats.

Voter statistics

Punjab political crisis
TitleMENWOMENTOTAL
No. of electors340606429049996311063
No. of electors who voted250257019897964492366
Polling percentage73.47%68.50%71.18%

Government formation

After result Gurnam Singh formed the government by making an alliance called People's United Front with other political parties, but in November 1967 Lashman Singh Gill with 16 MLAs defected and with the support of Indian National Congress formed government which lasted till August 1968.