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{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| 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 = '''[[V. V. Giri|Varahagiri Venkata Giri]]'''
| party1 = Independent politician
| home_state1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''483'''
| percentage1 = '''71.45%'''
| image2 =
| nominee2 = [[Mohammad Habib]]
| party2 = Independent politician
| home_state2 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| electoral_vote2 = 193
| percentage2 = 28.55%
| color1 = C64FE6
| color2 = 7737CD
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]
| before_election = [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]]
| before_party = Independent politician
| after_election = [[V. V. Giri|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.<ref name=eci>[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]</ref>

==Results==
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 1967<ref name= eci />|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br />
|-
|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==
* [[1967 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Indian vice presidential elections}}

[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]
[[Category:1967 elections in India|Vice president]]

1967 Indian vice presidential election - Revision history

Svetloxf at 08:20, 11 November 2025