The ruling Congress Party was returned to power with the lowest majority it had had since independence (284 seats).
In many states in the north, where it had won narrow victories, its members defected to opposition parties.
[2] The first non-Congress government in Uttar Pradesh was formed on 3 April 1967 by SVD coalition with Charan Singh as its Chief Minister.
[5] Another constituent in the SVD coalition, Praja Socialist Party called for the release of government employees held in preventive detention for their strikes but Charan Singh refused to budge on this matter and instead succeeded in breaking the strike.
[7] The disagreement between Charan Singh and Samyukta Socialist Party became public when SSP decided to launch an agitation of Angrezi Hatao (get rid to English) and during this movement two of its ministers courted arrest.