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.

1967 Indian presidential election
6 May 1967
 
Nominee Zakir Husain Koka Subba Rao
Party Independent Independent
Home state Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh
Electoral vote 471,244 363,971
Percentage 56.22% 43.43%
President before election

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Independent (India)

 Elected President

Zakir Husain
Independent

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 3 April 1967.[1]

S.No. Poll Event Date
1. Last Date for filing nomination 13 April 1967
2. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 15 April 1967
3. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 18 April 1967
4. Date of Poll 6 May 1967
5. Date of Counting 9 May 1967

Results

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

Candidate Electoral Values
Zakir Husain 471,244
Koka Subba Rao 363,971
Khubi Ram 1,369
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia 232
Shriniwas Gopal Bhamburkar 232
Brahma Deo 232
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee 125
Kumar Kamla Singh 125
Chandradatt Senani —
U. P. Chugani —
M. C. Davar —
Chowdhry Hari Ram —
Man Singh Ahluwalia 122
Seetharamaiah Ramaswamy Sharma Hoysala —
Swami Satyabhakta —
Total 838,170

See also

References
  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 4 March 2016.
  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.
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