Fourth Punjab Legislative Assembly

Fourth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Fourth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
History
Founded	20 March 1967
Disbanded	28 August 1968
Preceded by	Third Punjab Legislative Assembly
Succeeded by	Fifth Punjab Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Joginder Singh Mann
Deputy Speaker	Jagjit Singh Chauhan ; (1967)
	Baldev Singh ; (1967-1968)
Leader of House; (Chief Minister)	Gurnam Singh; (1967)
	Lachhman Singh Gill ; (1967-1968)
Leader of the Opposition	Gian Singh Rarewala ; (1967)
	Gurnam Singh; (1967-1968)
Structure
Seats	104
Political groups	Mar. 1967-Nov. 1967; Government (53) PUF (53) ADS (24); BJS (9); CPI (5); CPIM (3); RPI (3); ADM (2); SPI (1); IND (6); ; Opposition (51) INC (48); Ind (3);
Political groups	Nov. 1967-Aug. 1968 ; Government (66) INC (43); PJP (16); RPI (3); ADM (2); SPI (1); IND (1); Opposition (38) ADS (12); BJS (9); CPI (5); CPIM (3); IND (9);
Length of term	1967-1969
Elections
Voting system	first-past-the-post
Last election	1967
Next election	1969

The 1967 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the Fourth Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election of the state. This was the first hung assembly. Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 48 seats in the 104-seat legislature in the election. The Akali Dal - Sant Fateh Singh became the second, holding 24 seats. On 28 August 1968, Assembly dissolved prematurely and president rule was imposed.

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