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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|3rd Indian presidential election}}<br />
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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1962 Indian presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1957 Indian presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1957<br />
| next_election = 1967 Indian presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1967<br />
| election_date = 7 May 1962<br />
| image1 = [[File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg|x150px]]<br />
| nominee1 = '''[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]'''<br />
| party1 = Independent (India)<br />
| home_state1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''553,067'''<br />
| percentage1 = '''98.2%'''<br />
| image2 = [[Image:No image.svg|x100px]]<br />
| nominee2 = Chowdhry Hari Ram<br />
| party2 = Independent (India)<br />
| home_state2 = [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]<br />
| electoral_vote2 = 6,341<br />
| percentage2 = 1.1%<br />
| title = President<br />
| before_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| before_party = Independent (politician)<br />
| after_election = [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| after_party = Independent (politician)<br />
}}<br />
The Election Commission of India held indirect 3rd [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on 7 May 1962. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|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.<br />
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==Results==<br />
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web |title=Election Commission of India |url=http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/3rd.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112825/http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/3rd.pdf |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{deadlink|date=June 2021|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (FROM 1952 TO 2007) |url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm |website=www.indiaonestop.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016154827/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm |archive-date=16 October 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 |title=First real contest for office of President witnessed in 1967 |access-date=22 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Past and present Presidential Results |url=http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 |website=www.aol.in |publisher=[[AOL|AOL News]] |date=2007 |url-status=dead}}{{deadlink|date=June 2021|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
!Candidate<br />
!Electoral Values<br />
|-<br />
|'''[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]'''<br />
|'''553,067'''<br />
|-<br />
|Chowdhry Hari Ram<br />
|6,341<br />
|-<br />
|Yamuna Prasad Trisulia<br />
|3,537<br />
|-<br />
|'''Total'''<br />
|'''562,945'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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