Why were the general election of 1967 called as the political earthquake for congress?
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The Indian general election of 1967 elected the 4th Lok Sabha of India and was ... Internal divisions were emerging in the Indian National Congress and its two popular leaders
The general election of 1967 is called the political earthquake for congress because the congress party was the main force behind the government of the country since 1952.
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By 1967 their popularity had gone down and as result they became a minority since they were voted out from nine states.
The results of the general election of 1967 were a shock for the congress at the national and the state levels. Most of the ministers in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet lost the elections. It started the trend of a coalition government. It was the first time a ‘non-congress party’ was gaining the majority.