1962 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held indirect third presidential elections of India on 7 May 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.

1962 Indian presidential election

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NomineeSarvepalli RadhakrishnanChowdhry Hari Ram
PartyIndependentIndependent
Home stateTamil NaduPunjab
Electoral vote553,0676,341
Percentage98.25%1.13%


President before election

Rajendra Prasad
INC

Elected President

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Independent

Schedule

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The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 6 April 1962.[1]

S.No.Poll EventDate
1.Last Date for filing nomination16 April 1962
2.Date for Scrutiny of nomination18 April 1962
3.Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination21 April 1962
4.Date of Poll7 May 1962
5.Date of Counting11 May 1962

Results

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

CandidateElectoral Values
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan553,067
Chowdhry Hari Ram6,341
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia3,537
Total562,945

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ "PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (FROM 1952 TO 2007)". www.indiaonestop.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008.
  4. ^ "First real contest for office of President witnessed in 1967". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Past and present Presidential Results". www.aol.in. AOL News. 2007.[permanent dead link]