Elections for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held in February 1967.1967 J&K electionsStatistical Report on General Election, 1967, Election Commission of India. Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq was appointed Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.

Background In 1965, the working committee of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference announced that it would dissolve itself and merge with the Indian National Congress. A rival faction led by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad refused to go along and contested the elections under the National Conference banner.

Prior to that, in 1963, the Jammu Praja Parishad also merged into the national party Bharatiya Jana Sangh. These mergers are seen by analysts as a major "centralizing strategy" and a victory for the Hindu nationalist agenda of the Praja Parishad and its allies.

There were reports that Bakshi was planning to forge an electoral alliance with the Jana Sangh, despite their differences on the Article 370, but the alliance did not materialize. The Jana Sangh, whose main base was in the Jammu Division, planned to contest in the Kashmir Valley taking advantage of the rivalry between the Congress and the National Conference.

The election Of the 75 seats, 42 seats were allocated to the Kashmir Valley, 31 to Jammu, and 2 to Ladakh.

The National Conference contested 73 seats overall. The Jana Sangh contested all 31 seats of Jammu and several seats in the Valley. The Plebiscite Front officially boycotted the election, but several members contested as independent candidates, including the General Secretary Ali Mohammad Naik, who contested from Tral, and Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, contesting from Habbakadal in Srinagar. The Awami Action Committee also boycotted the election. Other parties that contested included the rump group of the National Conference under the leadership of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, the rump group of the Democratic National Conference under the leadership of Ram Piara Saraf, and the national parties Communist Party of India, Praja Socialist Party and the Hindu Mahasabha.

The nomination papers of 118 candidates were rejected on technical grounds, 55 of them because the candidates had failed to take the obligatory oath of allegiance to the Constitution. As a result, 22 seats in the Valley were unopposed, resulting in a win for the Congress candidates.

Simultaneously, elections were also held for the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Indian Parliament) in the 6 Lok Sabha constituencies of the State.

Results The Indian National Congress won 61 seats in the state assembly, emerging as the winning party. Bakshi's National Conference won 8 seats and the Jana Sangh 3 seats. Three other seats were won by independent candidates, one of them by Ali Mohammed Naik of the Plebiscite Front.

In the elections for the Lok Sabha, 5 of the 6 seats were won by the Congress, of which 2 were unopposed. The remaining seat was won by Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad of the National Conference, contesting from Srinagar. Scholar Sumantra Bose remarks that Bakshi might never have won a free election "at any point during his ten years in office", but he did so now holding the banner of Kashmiri regionalist resistance to New Delhi.

Results by constituency Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituencyAssembly ConstituencyTurnout WinnerRunner UpMargin #k Names% Candidate Party Votes% Candidate Party Votes%1Karnah-Mohammed Yunis Khan Elected Unopposed2Kupwara-Mohammad Sultan Tantray Elected Unopposed3Lolab-Ghulam Nabi Wani Elected Unopposed4Bandipora69.99%M. A. Khan12,73357.39%Abdul Kabir Khan8,28837.36%4,4455Handwara-Abdul Ghani Lone Elected Unopposed6Harl54.99%Abdul Gani Mir11,22667.42%G. Rasool5,42532.58%5,8017Rafiabad59.06%Ghulam Rasool Kar8,95157.85%J. Singh6,52142.15%2,4308Baramulla55.01%Shamas-Ud-Din9,18058.28%H. Singh6,57241.72%2,6089Sopore30.9%Ghulam Nabi Mircha4,43456.64%A. G. Panzoo3,06839.19%1,36610Pattan53.65%G. R. Dar7,76456.9%G. Q. B. Bedar5,88143.1%1,88311Sonawari63.13%Abdul Aziz Parray13,56365.07%G. Rather7,28134.93%6,28212Gulmarg46.93%S. S. Singh9,97080.6%G. M. B. Jalile2,40019.4%7,57013Uri-M. M. Khan Elected Unopposed14Kangan-Mian Bashir Ahmed Elected Unopposed15Ganderbal-Mohammed Maqbool Bhat Elected Unopposed16Amira Kadal52.73%Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq10,48073.57%G. A. Sofi3,76526.43%6,71517Habba Kadal34.93%S. K. Kaul3,48646.91%R. N. Kaul1,55520.93%1,93118Tankipora39.53%Noor Mohammad5,34067.51%A. R. Keng2,57032.49%2,77019Khanyar26.17%G. Ahmed2,65644.97%G. A. R. Bhat2,59543.94%6120Safa Kadal24.96%Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad4,55870.67%M. M. Salali1,89229.33%2,66621Zadibal28.55%Shaik Mohammad Abdullah3,59952.1%M. A. Shair1,97428.58%1,62522Hazratbal41.27%M. Y. Sidiqi6,55055.01%G. A. Sofi4,76340.01%1,78723Beerwah-A. Quddus Elected Unopposed24Khan Sahib-A. G. Namthali Elected Unopposed25Budgam41.03%H. S. Mehdi6,25064.12%M. S. Ali2,30423.64%3,94626Charari Sharief50.12%Abdul Qayoom6,24152.21%G. N. Wani4,76639.87%1,47527Chadoora57.31%Mir Mustafa9,05066.95%A. R. Magrey4,46733.05%4,58328Rajpora-G. M. Rajpori Elected Unopposed29Pulwama-Sanaullah Sheikh Elected Unopposed30Pampore37.46%P. M. Shah5,27164.87%A. A. Dar2,85535.13%2,41631Tral78.99%A. M. Naik12,78172.14%A. G. Trali4,93527.86%7,84632Shopian63.29%S. A. Shamim7,57645.7%G. H. Khan6,19537.37%1,38133Noorabad-Abdul Aziz Zargar Elected Unopposed34Devsar-Manohar Nath Kaul Elected Unopposed35Kulgam-M. Y. Bhat Elected Unopposed36Nandi-A. Rehman Elected Unopposed37Pahalgam-Makhan Lal Fotedar Elected Unopposed38Srigufwara–Bijbehara-Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Elected Unopposed39Anantnag-Shamasuddin Elected Unopposed40Kothar-Mohammed Ashraf Khan Elected Unopposed41Verinag-Syed Mir Qasim Elected Unopposed42Naubug-Hassan-Ud-Din Elected Unopposed43Leh79.78%S. Wangyal16,27081.69%N. C. Stanzin3,64718.31%12,62344Kargil67.77%Kachoo Mohammed Ali Khan10,86859.79%A. I. Shah7,30940.21%3,55945Kishtwar44.82%G. Mustafa7,72669.07%G. Nabi3,45930.93%4,26746Inderwal43.99%Khan Abdul Gani Goni5,99356.05%L. Mallik3,23530.25%2,75847Bhaderwah39.18%J. Ram5,56258.56%Faqiroo3,93641.44%1,62648Doda43.19%Lassa Wani5,49753.26%Mohammed Akbar Kichloo3,22531.25%2,27249Ramban42.48%H. Raj3,91342.49%D. Dass2,72929.63%1,18450Banihal58.46%M. Akhtar7,57054.22%Assadullah6,39145.78%1,17951Gulabgarh88.14%Mohammed Ayub Khan23,30796.36%F. Mohammed8803.64%22,42752Reasi69.27%Bansi Lal Kohistani8,41748.4%R. K. Kaushal7,99945.99%41853Tikri62.13%Shiv Charan8,92649.39%M. Ram7,79343.12%1,13354Udhampur61.6%H. Raj7,26740.19%P. Ram5,99333.15%1,27455Ramnagar56.54%Chandhu Lal10,68761.7%Ram Dass5,01728.96%5,67056Basohli56.14%Mangat Ram Sharma7,80553.25%U. Chand4,07327.79%3,73257Billawar71.01%Balbir Singh10,71158.48%Dhian Singh6,41535.03%4,29658Kathua66.17%Panjaboo Ram Alias Singh10,59853.74%K. Chand6,17631.32%4,42259Jasmergarh78.45%Girdhari Lal Dogra14,82357.23%Baldev Singh10,16239.23%4,66160Samba72.54%P. Nand8,34946.6%G. Chand5,15628.78%3,19361Ramgarh72.41%D. Nath9,78952.63%D. Dass4,52524.33%5,26462Bishnah81.14%Bhagat Chhaju Ram11,03755.31%S. Dass3,83219.2%7,20563Ranbir Singh Pora–Jammu South76.61%K. Singh8,52549.99%J. Raj4,98529.23%3,54064Jandrah Gharota66.36%Rounaq Singh8,30459.68%Rajinder Singh3,68526.48%4,61965Marh74.87%Guranditta Mal5,39340.87%N. Mal4,35733.02%1,03666Jammu Cantonment76.3%P. T. Dutta10,69254.6%R. Singh4,94525.25%5,74767Jammu South70.26%R. Nath10,59054.96%R. Nath6,83235.46%3,75868Jammu North67.54%Prem Nath10,26259.7%B. Ram5,93834.55%4,32469Akhnoor80.08%Dharam Pal11,26760.45%K. Lal3,32217.82%7,94570Chhamb82.29%Chhaju Ram Lamba9,26743.39%S. Singh8,13538.09%1,13271Nowshera64.45%Beli Ram6,45438.84%N. Kumar5,06030.45%1,39472Darhal59.75%Chowdhary Mohmmad Hussain13,07171.03%R. Lal3,05516.6%10,01673Rajouri67.38%A. Rashid7,65356.54%P. Ram2,82320.86%4,83074Mendhar-M. Aslam Elected Unopposed75Poonch Haveli47.%Ghulam Mohammad Mir10,93574.94%S. R. Nath3,14521.55%7,790

Government formation On 17 March, a 14-member ministry headed by G. M. Sadiq was sworn in. The Cabinet ministers included Girdhari Lal Dogra, D. P. Dhar, Mohammed Ayub Khan, Peer Giasuddin and Kanwar Ranjit Singh. Abdul Gani Lone was among the Ministers of State, and Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was among the Deputy Ministers.

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