1967 Indian presidential election

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1967 Indian presidential election
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  1962 6 May 1967 1969  
  President Zakir Husain 1998 stamp of India.jpg Justice K. Subba Rao.jpg
Nominee Zakir Husain Koka Subba Rao
Party Independent Independent
Home state Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
Electoral vote471,244363,971
Percentage56.22%43.43%

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President before election

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Independent (India)

Elected President

Zakir Husain
Independent

The Election Commission of India held the indirect fourth presidential elections of India on 6 May 1967. Dr. Zakir Husain, with 471,244 votes, won the presidency over his rival Koka Subba Rao, who garnered 363,971 votes.

Contents

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 3 April 1967. [1]

S.No.Poll EventDate
1.Last Date for filing nomination13 April 1967
2.Date for Scrutiny of nomination15 April 1967
3.Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination18 April 1967
4.Date of Poll6 May 1967
5.Date of Counting9 May 1967

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website [2] [3] [4] [5]

CandidateElectoral Values
Zakir Husain 471,244
Koka Subba Rao 363,971
Khubi Ram1,369
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia232
Shriniwas Gopal Bhamburkar232
Brahma Deo232
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee125
Kumar Kamla Singh125
Chandradatt Senani
U. P. Chugani
M. C. Davar
Chowdhry Hari Ram
Man Singh Ahluwalia122
Seetharamaiah Ramaswamy Sharma Hoysala
Swami Satyabhakta
Total838,170

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