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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1969 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1967 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1967<br />
| next_election = 1974 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1974<br />
| election_date = 30 August 1969<br />
| image1 =<br />
| nominee1 = '''[[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]'''<br />
| party1 = Independent politician<br />
| color1 = D7D664<br />
| home_state1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''400'''<br />
| nominee2 = <br />
| party2 =<br />
| home_state2 =<br />
| electoral_vote2 =<br />
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]<br />
| before_election = ''Vacant, last held by''<br />[[V. V. Giri|Varahagiri Venkata Giri]]<br />
| before_party = Independent politician<br />
| after_election = [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]]<br />
| after_party = Independent politician<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1969 Indian vice presidential election''' was held on 30 August 1969. [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]] won the election to become the fourth [[vice president of India]].<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> The election was occurred since the sitting VP, [[Varahagiri Venkata Giri]] resigned to contest [[1969 Indian presidential election|the presidential election]] after the death of incumbent President [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Husain]].<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 31 July 1969.<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6926-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-vice-president-of-india-2017/ |title=Background material related to Election to the office of Vice-President of India, 2017 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 26 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!S.No.<br />
!Poll Event<br />
!Date<br />
|-<br />
!1.<br />
| Last Date for filing nomination<br />
| 9 August 1969<br />
|-<br />
!2.<br />
| Date for Scrutiny of nomination<br />
| 11 August 1969<br />
|-<br />
!3.<br />
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination<br />
| 14 August 1969<br />
|-<br />
!4.<br />
| Date of Poll<br />
| 30 August 1969<br />
|-<br />
!5.<br />
| '''Date of Counting'''<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center| '''30 August 1969'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Result==<br />
The Electoral College consisted of 759 members of [[Parliament of India]]. There were 6 contesting candidates and the counting of votes was taken up immediately after the conclusion of the poll. The result was declared after the first round of counting of first preference votes. Pathak was declared elected after getting 400 first preference votes.<ref name=election2017/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1969 Indian presidential election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian vice presidential elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]<br />
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