Indian presidential election, 1969

Indian presidential election, 1969

1967 ←
August 16, 1969
→ 1974

 
Nominee Varahagiri Venkata Giri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
Party Independent Independent
Home state Madras State Andhra Pradesh
Electoral vote 420,077 405,427

President before election

Zakir Hussain
Independent

Elected President

Varahagiri Venkata Giri
Independent

The Election Commission of India held indirect 5th presidential elections of India on August 1969. Varahagiri Venkata Giri with 420,077 votes won in a runoff election over his rival Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy who got 405,427 votes.

Results

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

Candidate Electoral Values (Initial Count) Electoral Values (Runoff)
Varahagiri Venkata Giri 401,515 420,077
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 313,548 405,427
C.D. Deshmukh 112,769
Chandradatt Senani 5,814
Furcharan Kaur 940
Rajabhoj Pandurang Nathuji 831
Babu Lal Mag 576
Chowdhry Hari Ram 125
Sharma Manovihari Anirudh 125
Khubi Ram 94
Bhagmal
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee
Santosh Singh Kachhwaha
Dr. Ramdular Tripathi Chakor
Shri Ramanlal Prushottam Vyas
Total 836,337 825,504

References

  1. ^ http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/5th.pdf Election Commission of India
  2. ^ http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)