Indian presidential election, 1969
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The Election Commission of India held indirect 5th presidential elections of India
on August 1969. Varahagiri Venkata Giri with 420,077 votes won in a runoff
election over his rival Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy who got 405,427 votes.
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
on August 1969. Varahagiri Venkata Giri with 420,077 votes won in a runoff
Two-round system
The two-round system is a voting system used to elect a single winner where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate...
election over his rival Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy who got 405,427 votes.
Results
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website| Candidate | Electoral Values (Initial Count) | Electoral Values (Runoff) |
|---|---|---|
| Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 401,515 | 420,077 |
| Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy | 313,548 | 405,427 |
| C.D. Deshmukh | 112,769 | |
| Chandradatt Senani | 5,814 | |
| Furcharan Kaur | 940 | |
| Rajabhoj Pandurang Nathuji | 831 | |
| Babu Lal Mag | 576 | |
| Chowdhry Hari Ram | 125 | |
| Sharma Manovihari Anirudh | 125 | |
| Khubi Ram | 94 | |
| Bhagmal | — | |
| Krishna Kumar Chatterjee | — | |
| Santosh Singh Kachhwaha | — | |
| Dr. Ramdular Tripathi Chakor | — | |
| Shri Ramanlal Prushottam Vyas | — | |
| Total | 836,337 | 825,504 |