Election Name: | 1967 Indian vice presidential election |
Country: | India |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1962 Indian vice-presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1962 |
Next Election: | 1969 Indian vice presidential election |
Next Year: | 1969 |
Election Date: | 6 May 1967 |
Image1: | V.V.Giri.jpg |
Nominee1: | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Home State1: | Orissa |
Electoral Vote1: | 483 |
Percentage1: | 71.45% |
Nominee2: | Mohammad Habib |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Home State2: | Uttar Pradesh |
Electoral Vote2: | 193 |
Percentage2: | 28.55% |
Color1: | C64FE6 |
Color2: | 7737CD |
Vice President | |
Before Election: | Zakir Husain |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Varahagiri Venkata Giri |
After Party: | Independent politician |
The 1967 Indian vice presidential election was held on 6 May 1967 to elect vice president of India. V. V. Giri was elected for the post.[1]
|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-|align="left"|V. V. Giri||483||71.45|-|align="left"|Mohammad Habib||193||28.55|-| colspan="3" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|676! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="4" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||676||99.56|-|style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||3||0.44|-|style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||679||90.65|-|style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||70||9.35|-|style="text-align:left;"|Electors||749|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-|}