Question

explain the role played by indira gandhi in the presidential election of 1969​

Answer 1

Answer:

Varahagiri Venkata Giri 401,515 420,077

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 313,548 405,427

Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh 112,769

Chandradatt Senani 5,814

Gurcharan Kaur 940

Rajabhoj Pandurang Nathuji 831

Babu Lal Mag 576

Chowdhry Hari Ram 125

Manovihari Aniruddh Sharma 125

Khubi Ram 94

Bhagmal —

Krishna Kumar Chatterjee —

Santosh Singh Kachhwaha —

Ramdular Tripathi Chakor —

Ramanlal Purushottam Vyas —

Total 836,337 825,504

Explanation:

Answer 2

The Election Commission of India held indirect 5th presidential elections of India on 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

Giri won a majority of the votes in 11 of India's 17 state legislatures although the Congress Party was in power in 12. His campaign also had the backing of the Communists and other leftist parliamentary 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