1967 Indian presidential election

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

Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 3 April 1967.

S.No.Poll EventDate1. Last Date for filing nomination 13 April 19672. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 15 April 19673. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 18 April 19674. Date of Poll 6 May 19675. Date of Counting 9 May 1967

Results Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website

CandidateElectoral ValuesZakir Husain471,244Koka Subba Rao363,971Khubi Ram1,369Yamuna Prasad Trisulia232Shriniwas Gopal Bhamburkar232Brahma Deo232Krishna Kumar Chatterjee125Kumar Kamla Singh125Chandradatt Senani —U. P. Chugani —M. C. Davar —Chaudhary Hari Ram —Dr. Man Singh Ahluwalia_Seetharamaiah Ramaswamy Sharma Hoysala —Swami Satyabhakta —Total838,170

See also 1967 Indian vice presidential election

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