Indian presidential election, 1967

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Indian presidential election, 1967
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  1962 May 6, 1967 1969  

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Nominee Zakir Husain Koka Subba Rao
Party Independent Independent
Home state Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
Electoral vote471,244 363,971
Percentage56.2% 43.4%

President before election

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Independent

Elected President

Zakir Husain
Independent

The Election Commission of India held the indirect 4th presidential elections of India on May 6, 1967. Dr. Zakir Husain, with 471,244 votes, won the presidency over his rival Koka Subba Rao, who garnered 363,971 votes.

President of India Ceremonial head of state of India

The President of India is the ceremonial head of state of India and the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces.

Zakir Husain (politician) 3rd President of India

Zakir Husain Khan was the third President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969.

Koka Subba Rao 9th Chief Justice of India

Koka Subba Rao was the ninth Chief Justice of India (1966–1967). He also served as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

Results

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

CandidateElectoral Values
Zakir Husain 471,244
Koka Subba Rao 363,971
Khubi Ram 1,369
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia 232
Shriniwas Gopal Bhamburkar 232
Brahma Deo 232
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee 125
Kumar Kamla Singh 125
Chandradatt Senani
U. P. Chugani
M. C. Davar
Chowdhry Hari Ram
Man Singh Ahluwalia 122
Seetharamaiah Ramaswamy Sharma Hoysala
Swami Satyabhakta
Total838,170

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References

  1. http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/4th.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)