Vice-presidential election in India
1969 Indian vice presidential election
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The1969 Indian vice presidential election was held on 30 August 1969.Gopal Swarup Pathak won the election to become the fourthvice president of India.[1] The election was occurred since the sitting VP,Varahagiri Venkata Giri resigned to contestthe presidential election after the death of incumbent PresidentZakir Husain.
The election schedule was announced by theElection Commission of India on 31 July 1969.[2]
| S.No. | Poll Event | Date |
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| 1. | Last Date for filing nomination | 9 August 1969 |
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| 2. | Date for Scrutiny of nomination | 11 August 1969 |
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| 3. | Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 14 August 1969 |
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| 4. | Date of Poll | 30 August 1969 |
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| 5. | Date of Counting | 30 August 1969 |
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The Electoral College consisted of 759 members ofParliament 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.[2]
