1962 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held the indirect third presidential elections of India on 7 May 1962.

1962 Indian presidential election

← 1957 May 7, 1962 1967 →

Nominee Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Chowdhry Hari Ram Party Independent Independent Home state Tamil Nadu Punjab Electoral vote 553,067 6,341 Percentage 98.2% 1.1%

President before election Rajendra Prasad Independent Elected President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Independent

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was elected as the Indian president in 1962.

Schedule

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

S.No.	Poll Event	Date
1.	Last Date for filing nomination	16 April 1962
2.	Date for Scrutiny of nomination	18 April 1962
3.	Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	21 April 1962
4.	Date of Poll	7 May 1962
5.	Date of Counting	11 May 1962

Results

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

Candidate	Electoral Values
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	553,067
Chowdhry Hari Ram	6,341
Yamuna Prasad Trisulia	3,537
Total	562,945

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 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. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2022-02-13.