Indian presidential election, 1962

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Indian presidential election, 1962
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  1957 May 7, 1962 1967  

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Nominee Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Chowdhry Hari Ram
Party Independent Independent
Home state Tamil Nadu Punjab
Electoral vote553,067 6,341
Percentage98.2% 1.1%

President before election

Rajendra Prasad
Independent

Elected President

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Independent

The Election Commission of India held indirect 3rd presidential elections of India on May 7, 1962. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan with 553,067 votes won the presidency over his rivals Chowdhry Hari Ram who got 6,341 votes and Yamuna Prasad Trisulia who got 3,537 votes.

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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnanlisten  was an Indian philosopher and statesman who served as the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India (1962-1967).

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website [1] [2] [3] [4]

CandidateElectoral Values
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 553,067
Chowdhry Hari Ram 6,341
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia 3,537
Total562,945

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References

  1. http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/3rd.pdf Election Commission of India
  2. http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm
  3. http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1
  4. http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)