1967 Indian vice presidential election explained

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]

Results

|- 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;"||-|}

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA