Elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly were held in February 1967, to elect members of the 318 constituencies in Bihar, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, but Mahamaya Prasad Sinha of the Jana Kranti Dal was appointed as the Chief Minister of Bihar. No single party had won a majority of seats,

Government formation 1st Government Parties like Samyukt Socialist Party, Jan Sangh, CPI, Jan Kranti Dal and Praja Socialist together formed the government. Although the second largest party after Congress was the Samyukt Socialist Party and its leader Karpoori Thakur had a stake in the post of Chief Minister, but other parties were not ready.In such a situation, all the parties agreed on the name of Mahamaya Prasad Sinha of Jan Kranti Dal(of Kamakhya Narain Singh), who became the Chief Minister of Bihar in March 1967, while Karpoori Thakur became the Deputy Chief Minister. However, the government couldn't last even for a year.

2nd Government Opposition to the caste composition of the ministry led to some members of the samyukt socialist party, provoked by Health minister BP Mandal(who was forced to resign by Ram Manohar Lohia), join hands with the congress to form new government headed by first backward chief minister BP Mandal, which lasted just 50 days.

3rd Government However, there was a tussle going on within the Congress on the issue of supporting the Mandal government. Angered by this decision of the party, 17 MLAs rebelled under the leadership of former Chief Minister Binodanand Jha, leader of the anti-KB Sahay group. Formed a separate faction in the name of Loktrantik Congress and withdrew support from the Mandal government. Only one month old BP Mandal government had to resign and in the new manipulation, MLA of this Loktrantik Congress camp, Bhola Paswan Shastri became first Dalit chief minister with the help of opposition MLAs. Even his ministry lasted for just 4 months

The weakening of previously dominant congress party, rising aspirations of backward classes(forward-backward tussle) and individual greed of leaders was the main reasons for these short lived govertments.

Result

Elected members #ConstituencyReserved for(SC/ST/None)MemberParty1 Dhanaha None Yogendra Shrivastava 2 Bagaha SC Narsingh Baitha 3 Ram Nagar None Narayan Vikram Shah 4 Shikarpur SC B.ram 5 Sikta None U. S. Shukla 6 Lauriya None Shatru Mardan Sahi 7 Chanapatia None Pramod Kumar Mishra 8 Bettiah None H.p. Shahi 9 Nautan None Kedar Pandey 10 Raxaul None Vidhyachal Sinha 11 Sugauli None M. L. Modi 12 Motihari None Chandrika Prasad Yadav 13 Adapur None Ahmed Karim 14 Ghorasahan None Ram Ayodhya Prasad 15 Dhaka None S.n. Sharma 16 Patahi None Ram Nandan Singh 17 Madhuban None Mahendra Bharti 18 Kesaria None Pitambar Singh 19 Pipra SC Bigu Ram 20 Harsidhi None S.m. Abdulla 21 Gobindganj None Dhrup Narain Mani Tripathi 22 Gopalganj None Hari Shankar Singh 23 Kuchaikot None Nagina Rai 24 Katea SC Badari Mahara 25 Bhore None Raj Mangal Mishra 26 Mirganj None Siya Bihari Sharan 27 Siwan None Raja Ram Chaudhry 28 Ziradei None Zawar Hussain 29 Mairwa SC Giridhari Ram 30 Darauli None Krishna Pratap Singh 31 Raghunathpur None Ramdev Sinha 32 Maharajganj None Kaushalendra Pratap Shahi 33 Barharia None Abdul Jalil 34 Gorlakothi None Krishna Kant Singh 35 Baikunthpur None Sabhapati Singh 36 Barauli None B. Rai 37 Manjhi None Ram Bahadur Singh 38 Baniapur None Uma Pandey 39 Masrakh None Prabhu Nath Singh 40 Taraiya None Dharam Nath Singh 41 Marhaura None Devi Laljee 42 Jalalpur None Jagdamba Prasad 43 Chapra None Uday Pratap N Singh 44 Garkha SC Vishwanath Bhagat 45 Parsa None Daroga Prasad Rai 46 Sonepur None Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav 47 Hajipur None Kishori Prasanna Sinha 48 Raghopur None Hariwansh Narayan Singh 49 Mahnar None Muneshwar Prasad Singh 50 Jandaha None Bhuvneshwar Chaudhary 51 Patepur SC Paltan Ram 52 Goraul None S. Patel 53 Vaishali None Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi 54 Lalganj None Dipnarain Singh 55 Paru None S.s. Singh 56 Sahebganj None Nawal Kishore Sinha 57 Baruraj None Sukhdeo Giri 58 Kanti None M.p. Sinha 59 Kurhani None Krishna Nandan Sahay 60 Sakra SC Newa Lal Mahto 61 Muzaffarpur None M.l. Gupta 62 Bochaha SC Sitaram Rajak 63 Gaighatti None Nitishwar Prasad Sinha 64 Aurai None C.m.p. Singh 65 Minapur None Mahanth Ramkishore Das 66 Runisaidpur None Viveka Nand Giri 67 Sitamarhi None Kishori Lal Sah 68 Bathnaha None Mohan Lal Sharma 69 Belsand None Chandreshwar Prasad Singh 70 Shedhar None Thakur Girija Nandan Singh 71 Majorganj SC R. Ram 72 Sonbarsa None R.n. Rai 73 Sursand None P. Devi 74 Pupri None N.h. Khan 75 Benipatt None T.n. Jha 76 Bisfi None R.k. Purbey 77 Harlakhi None Baidya Nath Yadav 78 Khajauli None N.s. Azad 79 Jainagar SC R. Paswan 80 Madhubani None S. Ansari 81 Jhanjharpur None H. Mishra 82 Rajnagar SC R. Mahto 83 Phulparas None D.l. Mandal 84 Laukaha None S. Sahu 85 Madhepur None B.p. Mahto 86 Biraul None M. Prasad 87 Baheri None B.n. Singh 88 Manigachi None N. Jha 89 Benipur None B.n. Jha 90 Darbhanga None R.p. Sinha 91 Keotiranway None H.n. Yadav 92 Jale None K. Hussain 93 Hayaghat SC B. Ram 94 Kalyanpur None B.n. Singh 95 Warisnagar SC R. Hazari 96 Samastipur None R.n. Sharma 97 Tajpur None Karpoori Thakur 98 Mohiuddin Nagar None P.l. Roy 99 Balsinghsarai None Y.k. Chaudhary 100 Sarairanjan None R. Mishra 101 Bibhutpur None P.s. Madan 102 Rosera None R.k. Jha 103 Hasanpur None G.p. Himanshu 104 Singhia SC S. Kumari 105 Raghopur None A. Goit 106 Kishanpur None B.p. Yadav 107 Supaul None U. Singh 108 Triveniganj None Anup Lal Yadav 109 Chhattapur SC K.l. Sardar 110 Kumarkhand None J. Singh 111 Simri Bakhitiarpur None C.m. Salahuddin 112 Mahishi None P. Kumar 113 Saharsa None R. Jha 114 Sonbarsa SC Y. Devi 115 Madhepura None M.p. Yadav 116 Murliganj None S.n. Jha 117 Alamnagar None V. Kavi 118 Rupauli None C.n. Sharma 119 Dhamdaha None L.n. Sudhansu 120 Banmankhi SC B. Saraf 121 Kasba None R. N. Mandal 122 Raniganj SC D.l. Baitha 123 Narpatganj None Satya Narayan Yadav 124 Forbesganj None S. Mishra 125 Araria None S.p. Gupta 126 Palasi None M.azimuddin 127 Bahadurganj None D.n. Jha 128 Thakurganj None M.h. Azad 129 Kishanganj None L.l. Kapoor 130 Jokihat None Nazamuddin 131 Amour None H. Rahman 132 Purnea None K.n. Sinha 133 Katihar None J. Adhikari 134 Barsoi None S.l. Jain 135 Azamnagar None A. Zafar 136 Korha SC B.p. Shastri 137 Barari None B.p. Singh 138 Manihari None Yuvraj 139 Rajmahal None N. Dokanie 140 Borio ST J. Kisku 141 Barhait None M. Soren 142 Litipara ST B. Murmu 143 Pakur None B.n. Jha 144 Maheshpur ST P. Hasdak 145 Shikaripara ST B. Hembrom 146 Nala None B. Khan 147 Jamtara None S. Besra 148 Sarath None N.k. Singh 149 Madhupur None A.k. Banerjee 150 Deoghar SC B. Das 151 Jarmundi None S. Raut 152 Dumka ST G. Marandi 153 Jama ST M. Hasda 154 Poraiyahat ST M. Murmu 155 Godda None D.n. Choudhary 156 Mahagama None R. Ram 157 Pirpainti None A. Prasad 158 Colgong None N.p. Singh 159 Nathnagar None K. Jha 160 Bhagalpur None B.k. Mitra 161 Gopalpur None M. Singh 162 Bihpur None Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav 163 Sultanganj None B.p. Sharma 164 Amarpur None S.n. Singh 165 Dhoraiya SC S. Mandal 166 Banka None B.l. Mandal 167 Belhar None C.p. Singh 168 Kotoria None K. Sitaram 169 Chakai None S. Singh 170 Jhajha None S. Jha 171 Jamui None T.p. Singh 172 Sikandra SC S. Vivekanand 173 Sheikhpura SC L. Mochi 174 Barbigha None S.s. Sinha 175 Barahiya None K. Singh 176 Surajgarha None B.p. Mehta 177 Jamalpur None B. P. Yadav 178 Tarapur None B. N. Parsant 179 Kharagpur None S. J. B. Singh 180 Monghyr None Hasim 181 Parbatta None S.p. Singh 182 Choutham None J. Mandal 183 Alduli SC M. Sada 184 Khagaria None R. B. Azad 185 Ballia None A. Misra 186 Begusarai None B. Singh 187 Bakhri SC Y. K. Sharma 188 Bariarpur None R. Singh 189 Barauni None C. Singh 190 Bachhwara None V. P. Singh 191 Mokamah None B. Lal 192 Barh None T. P. Singh 193 Bakhtiarpur None D. Singh 194 Fatwa SC R. C. Prasad 195 Bihar None V. K. Yadav 196 Asthawan None B. P. Jawahar 197 Ekangar Sarai None L. S. Tyagi 198 Rajgir SC J. Prasad 199 Islampur None S. S. Prasad 200 Chandi None R. P. Singh 201 Hilsa None A. K. Singh 202 Masaurhi None B. Sharma 203 Punpun SC M. Paswan 204 Patna South None Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav 205 Patna East None R D. Mahto 206 Patna West None M. P. Sinha 207 Danapur None R. S. Singh 208 Maner None R. N. Singh 209 Bikram None Mahabir Gop 210 Paliganj None C. P. Varma 211 Sandesh None R. S. Singh 212 Arrah None S. Devi 213 Barhara None A. S. Singh 214 Shahpur None R. N. Tiwari 215 Brahampur None S. Sharma 216 Dumraon None H. P. Singh 217 Nawanagar SC L. B. Prasad 218 Buxar None P. Chatterjee 219 Ramgarh None S. Singh 220 Mohania SC R. Ram 221 Chainpur None M. C. Singh 222 Bhabua None S. N. Pandey 223 Chenari SC C. Ram 224 Sasaram None B.b. Singh 225 Dehri None A. Q. Ansari 226 Karakat None T. Singh 227 Nokha None G. Singh 228 Dinara None R. A. Singh 229 Bikramganj None K. Singh 230 Jagdishpur None S. P. Rai 231 Piro None R. M. Rai 232 Sahar SC B. Chamar 233 Arwal None S. Zohair 234 Kurtha None J. Prasad 235 Makhdumpur SC L. Ram 236 Jehanabad None S. F. Hussain 237 Ghosi None R. P. Sinha 238 Belaganj None S. N. Sinha 239 Goh None T. M. Singh 240 Daudnagar None R. N. Singh 241 Obra None R. K. Singh 242 Nabinagar None S. N. Singh 243 Aurangabad None S. Singh 244 Rafiganj SC D. Ram 245 Imamganj SC D. Ram 246 Sherghati None M. A. Khan 247 Barachatti SC V. C. Bharti 248 Bodh Gaya SC R. Manjhi 249 Konch None U. N. Verma 250 Gaya None G. Mishra 251 Gaya Muffasil None R. C. Yadav 252 Atri None K. Prasad 253 Hisua None S. S. Singh 254 Nawada None R. S. P. Yadav 255 Rajauli SC S. Devi 256 Warisaliganj None D. Prasad 257 Govindpur None A. Prasad 258 Kodarma None B. Modi 259 Dhanwar None P. Rai 260 Gawan SC G. Rabidas 261 Jamua None S. Prasad 262 Giridih None R. Ram 263 Dumri None S. Manjari 264 Bermo None B. Dubey 265 Bagodar None L. R. Lakshmi 266 Barhi None I. J. N. Singh 267 Hazaribagh None R. Prasad 268 Chauparan None N. P. Singh 269 Chatra None K. P. Singh 270 Barkagaon SC M. Ram 271 Ramgarh None T. P. Buxi 272 Mandu None B. N. Singh 273 Jaridih None S. Manjari 274 Chandankiyari SC S. B. Bouri 275 Topchanchi None P. N. Singh 276 Baghmara None M. M. Singh 277 Dhanbad None R. Singh 278 Tundi None G. Mishra 279 Nirsa None R. N. Sharma 280 Sindri None A. K. Roy 281 Jharia None S. R. Prasad 282 Baharagora None S. R. Khan 283 Ghatsila ST D. Murmu 284 Patamda None G. Mahato 285 Jamshedpur East None M. J. Akhauri 286 Jamshedpur West None C. Vyas 287 Jugsalai ST M. R. Tudu 288 Saraikella None R.p. Sarangi 289 Chaibasa ST B. Sumbrui 290 Majhgaon ST P. C. Birua 291 Manoharpur ST R. Nayak 292 Jagannathpur ST V. Pareya 293 Chakardharpur ST M. Majhi 294 Ichagarh None P. K. A. Deo 295 Kharsawan ST D. Matisay 296 Tamar ST B. R. Munda 297 Torpa ST S. Pahan 298 Khunti ST T. M. Munda 299 Silli SC B. Swansi 300 Khijri ST R. L. Horo 301 Ranchi None N. G. Mitra 302 Kanke None J. N. Choubey 303 Kolebira ST N. E. Horo 304 Simdega ST P. Toppo 305 Chainpur ST S. Tigga 306 Gumla ST R. Oraon 307 Sisai ST S. Bhagat 308 Bero ST K.c. Bhagat 309 Mandar ST S. Bhagat 310 Lohardaga ST B. Lakna 311 Latehar ST T. Singh 312 Panki SC R. Ram 313 Daltonganj None P. Chand 314 Garhwa None L. Prasad 315 Bhawanathpur None S. P. Deo 316 Leslieganj None J. Pathak 317 Bishrampur SC R. D. Ram 318 Hussainbad None B. N. Singh

See also List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1967 elections in India

References