| Election Name: | 1962 Indian presidential election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1957 Indian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1957 |
| Next Election: | 1967 Indian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 1962 |
| Nominee1: | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| Party1: | Independent |
| Home State1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Electoral Vote1: | 553,067 |
| Percentage1: | 98.25% |
| Color1: | ABCDEF |
| Color2: | 743CE6 |
| Nominee2: | Chowdhry Hari Ram |
| Party2: | Independent |
| Home State2: | Punjab |
| Electoral Vote2: | 6,341 |
| Percentage2: | 1.13% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Rajendra Prasad |
| Before Party: | INC |
| After Election: | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
| After Party: | Independent (politician) |
The Election Commission of India held indirect third presidential elections of India on 7 May 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.
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India 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 | |
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 |