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Indian presidential election, 1962

Indian presidential election, 1962
India
← 1957 May 7, 1962 1967 →
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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


Rajendra Prasad
Independent

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.

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website


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