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The election of the
President of India is an
indirect election in which
electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of
parliament (M.P.s), the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies (
Vidhan Sabha) of all States and the elected members of the legislative assemblies (MLAs) of union territories with legislatures, i.e.,
National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi,
Jammu and Kashmir, and
Puducherry. The election process of the president is a more extensive process than of the
prime minister who is also elected indirectly (not elected by people directly) by the
Lok Sabha members only. Whereas President being the constitutional head with duties to protect, defend and preserve the constitution and
rule of law in a
constitutional democracy with
constitutional supremacy, is elected in an extensive manner by the members of Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha and
state legislative assemblies in a secret ballot procedure.
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Electoral college results
Year
|
Party
|
Alliance
|
Presidential candidate
|
Electoral votes
|
States Carried
|
Result
|
Portrait
|
Name
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
1950
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
Unopposed
|
20
|
Won
|
1952
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
507,400
|
83.81%
|
20
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
K. T. Shah
|
92,827
|
15.33%
|
0
|
Lost
|
1957
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Rajendra Prasad
|
459,698
|
98.99%
|
20
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Chowdhry Hari Ram
|
2,672
|
0.43%
|
0
|
Lost
|
1962
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
553,067
|
98.2%
|
25
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Chowdhry Hari Ram
|
6,341
|
1.1%
|
0
|
Lost
|
1967
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Zakir Husain
|
471,244
|
56.2%
|
21
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Koka Subba Rao
|
363,971
|
43.4%
|
5
|
Lost
|
1969
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
V. V. Giri
|
420,077
|
50.9%
|
21
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
405,427
|
49.1%
|
7
|
Lost
|
1974
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
|
754,113
|
79.9%
|
26
|
Won
|
|
Revolutionary Socialist Party
|
–
|
|
Tridib Chaudhuri
|
189,196
|
20.1%
|
2
|
Lost
|
1977
|
|
Janata Party
|
–
|
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
Unopposed
|
28
|
Won
|
1982
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Zail Singh
|
754,113
|
72.7%
|
26
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
Hans Raj Khanna
|
282,685
|
27.3%
|
2
|
Lost
|
1987
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
|
740,148
|
72.3%
|
27
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
V. R. Krishna Iyer
|
281,550
|
27.5%
|
4
|
Lost
|
1992
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
|
675,864
|
65.9%
|
25
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
George Gilbert Swell
|
346,485
|
33.8%
|
6
|
Lost
|
1997
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
–
|
|
K. R. Narayanan
|
956,290
|
95.0%
|
31
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
–
|
|
T. N. Seshan
|
50,631
|
5.0%
|
0
|
Lost
|
2002
|
|
Independent
|
NDA
|
|
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|
922,884
|
89.6%
|
28
|
Won
|
|
Communist Party of India
|
LF
|
|
Lakshmi Sahgal
|
107,366
|
10.4%
|
2
|
Lost
|
2007
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
UPA
|
|
Pratibha Patil
|
638,116
|
65.8%
|
23
|
Won
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
NDA
|
|
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
|
331,306
|
34.2%
|
7
|
Lost
|
2012
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
UPA
|
|
Pranab Mukherjee
|
713,763
|
69.3%
|
22
|
Won
|
|
National People's Party
|
NDA
|
|
P. A. Sangma
|
315,987
|
30.7%
|
8
|
Lost
|
2017
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
NDA
|
|
Ram Nath Kovind
|
702,044
|
65.65%
|
21
|
Won
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
UPA
|
|
Meira Kumar
|
367,314
|
34.35%
|
10
|
Lost
|
2022
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
NDA
|
|
Droupadi Murmu
|
676,803
|
64.03%
|
22
|
Won
|
|
All India Trinamool Congress
|
UO
|
|
Yashwant Sinha
|
380,177
|
35.97%
|
8
|
Lost
|
See also
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