1969 Indian presidential election

Election of V. V. Giri August 2021 1969 Indian presidential election India presidential no 1967 Indian presidential election 1967 1974 Indian presidential election 1974 16 August 1969 V.V.Giri.jpg 120 100 120 05 05 V. V. Giri Independent Andhra Pradesh 420,077 50.89% FFFF4A NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg 120 100 120 12 05 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Independent Andhra Pradesh 405,427 49.11% 1034A6 President Zakir Husain Independent (politician) Varahagiri Venkata Giri Independent (politician) 1969 Indian Presidential Election.svg 300px The Election Commission of India held indirect fifth presidential elections of India on 16 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.https://www.thehindu.com/archives/from-the-archives-august-21-1969-giri-elected-new-president-of-india/article29183087.ece From the Archives (August 21, 1969): Giri elected new President of India 2019-08-21 The Hindu 2020-02-16 en-IN 0971-751X Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 14 July 1969.https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6925-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-president-of-india-2017/ Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017 Election Commission of India 30 January 2022 S.No.Poll EventDate1. Last Date for filing nomination 24 July 19692. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 26 July 19693. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 29 July 19694. Date of Poll 16 August 19695. Date of Counting 20 August 1969 Results Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India websitehttp://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/5th.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175901/http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/5th.pdf 2016-03-03 Election Commission of Indiahttp://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 https://web.archive.org/web/20180617142242/http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 2018-06-17 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results) CandidateElectoral Values (Initial Count)Electoral Values (Runoff)Varahagiri Venkata Giri401,515420,077Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy313,548405,427Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh112,769EliminatedChandradatt Senani5,814Gurcharan Kaur940Rajabhoj Pandurang Nathuji831Babu Lal Mag576Chaudhary Hari Ram125Manovihari Aniruddha Sharma125Khubi Ram94Bhagmal —Krishna Kumar Chatterjee —Santosh Singh Kachhwaha —Ramdular Tripathi Chakor —Ramanlal Purushottam Vyas —Total836,337825,504 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi fielded Giri as her candidate against the official Congress candidate Reddy. Giri won a majority of the votes in 11 of India's 17 state legislatures although the Congress Party was in power in 12. Being a trade union leader, Giri's campaign also had the backing of the Communists and other leftist parties. Massive defections within the Congress party resulted in Reddy winning only 268 first preference votes despite the Congress Parliamentary Party having a strength of 431.Gandhi's candidate wins in India https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19690821&id=_oIsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bM0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7452,3209096 3 January 2015 The Spartanburg Herald 21 August 1969 Following this incident, Congress president S. Nijalingappa expelled Indira Gandhi from the Congress party for indiscipline, & Gandhi retaliated by forming her breakaway faction - Congress (Requisitionists). Background The Congress Parliamentary Board met on July 11, 1969, to discuss the presidential candidate. The INC elites popularly known as the Syndicate had already decided on nominating Sanjiva Reddy, whose affinity to them was well known. Mrs Gandhi was naturally loath to do so. At the meeting, she suggested nominating the veteran dalit leader, Jagjivan Ram. When this was shot down, she asked that they postpone a decision to allow more time for arriving at a consensus. Nijalingappa, however, forced a vote in the six-member Parliamentary Board. Mrs Gandhi was outvoted four to two. Even as a brooding Indira Gandhi left for Bangalore, a fresh opening presented itself. The Vice-president V V Giri announced that he would contest the presidential elections as an independent candidate. Mrs Gandhi knew that before she could support Giri against her own party's nominee, she would have to regain the initiative within the party. This she did first by forcing Morarji Desai out of the Cabinet and then by nationalizing banks. She also went ahead and filed the nomination for Sanjiva Reddy, though she refrained from issuing a whip to Congress MPs. The Syndicate realized that Mrs Gandhi might yet come out in support of Giri. Nijalingappa took a fatal misstep by approaching the main opposition parties, Swatantra and Jana Sangh, to cast their second preference vote for Reddy (the opposition's candidate was C D Deshmukh). Mrs Gandhi seized the opportunity to denounce Nijalingappa's move. Yet, she did not formally reveal her preference until the night before the elections, when she called on her party to 'vote according to conscience'. V V Giri won the poll by a narrow margin. The voting figures showed that a majority of Congress members had actually voted for Reddy. Giri had edged through with a minority of Congress votes and support from a curious combination of opposition groups.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Twists-turns-of-1969-presidential-race-still-the-most-sensational/articleshow/14221740.cms Twists & turns of 1969 presidential race still the most sensational Raghavan Srinath June 18, 2012 The Times of India en 2020-02-16 See also 1969 Indian vice presidential election References President Category:Presidential elections in India