India held general elections to the 4th

4th Lok Sabha

List of Members of the 4th Lok Sabha, elected February–March 1967. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India.-Important members:* Speaker:**N...

 Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...

. The country had its fourth outing at the hustings since Independence in August 1947. This fourth general elections, which were conducted for 520 seats from 520 constituencies, represented 27 Indian states and union territories. For the second time, there were only one-seat, constituencies and two-seat constituency were abolished in 1962 elections.

Congress which till now had never won less than 73 per cent of the seats in Parliament, it was more bad news ahead.