Indian presidential election, 1962

Indian presidential election, 1962
India
May 7, 1962
 
Nominee Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Chowdhry Hari Ram
Party Independent Independent
Home state Tamil Nadu Punjab
Electoral vote 553,067 6,341
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.

Results

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

Candidate Electoral Values
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 553,067
Chowdhry Hari Ram 6,341
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia 3,537
Total 562,945

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)
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