1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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All 133 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 67 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.67% ( 0.55)
First party Second party   Leader E. M. S. Namboodiripad R. Sankar Party CPI(M) INC Alliance Saptakakshi Munnani Leader's seat Pattambi - Last election 40 36 Seats won 113 9 Seat change 73 27 Percentage 52.30% 35.43%
Chief Minister before election Vacant President's Rule Chief Minister E. M. S. Namboodiripad CPI(M)

The Kerala Legislative Assembly election of 1967 was held to constitute the fourth assembly in Kerala.

This election, was held in the backdrop of the 1965 election which resulted in a hung assembly and subsequent President's rule. As a result of that, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) formed a seven-member coalition known as the Saptakakshi Munnani. The Indian National Congress and the Kerala Congress contested separately.

The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Saptakakshi Munnani which won a whopping 113 out 133 seats, the highest won by a coalition till date. The Indian National Congress suffered a massive debacle, being reduced to a mere 9 seats- the worst performance of the party in the state till date.

Veteran Communist Leader E. M. S. Namboothiripad was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 6 March 1967.^[1][2]

Congress Leader and Mala legislator K. Karunakaran took over as the new Leader of the Opposition.

Future Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan was first elected to the assembly in 1967.