List of Indian presidential elections explained

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 Sabhas) 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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Electoral college results

Year	Party		Alliance	Presidential candidate		Electoral votes		States Carried	Result
				Portrait	Name	Votes	%
1950				Rajendra Prasad	Unopposed		20
1952				Rajendra Prasad	507,400	83.81%	20
				K. T. Shah	92,827	15.33%	0
1957				Rajendra Prasad	459,698	98.99%	20
				Chowdhry Hari Ram	2,672	0.43%	0
1962				Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	553,067	98.2%	25
				Chowdhry Hari Ram	6,341	1.1%	0
1967				Zakir Husain	471,244	56.2%	21
				Koka Subba Rao	363,971	43.4%	5
1969				V. V. Giri	420,077	50.9%	21
				Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	405,427	49.1%	7
1974				Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	754,113	79.9%	26
				Tridib Chaudhuri	189,196	20.1%	2
1977				Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Unopposed		28
1982				Zail Singh	754,113	72.7%	26
				Hans Raj Khanna	282,685	27.3%	2
1987				Ramaswamy Venkataraman	740,148	72.3%	27
				V. R. Krishna Iyer	281,550	27.5%	4
1992				Shankar Dayal Sharma	675,864	65.9%	25
				George Gilbert Swell	346,485	33.8%	6
1997				K. R. Narayanan	956,290	95.0%	31
				T. N. Seshan	50,631	5.0%	0
2002		NDA		A. P. J. Abdul Kalam	922,884	89.6%	28
		LF		Lakshmi Sahgal	107,366	10.4%	2
2007		UPA		Pratibha Patil	638,116	65.8%	23
		NDA		Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	331,306	34.2%	7
2012		UPA		Pranab Mukherjee	713,763	69.3%	22
		NDA		P. A. Sangma	315,987	30.7%	8
2017		NDA		Ram Nath Kovind	702,044	65.65%	21
		UPA		Meira Kumar	367,314	34.35%	10
2022		NDA		Droupadi Murmu	676,803	64.03%	22
		UO		Yashwant Sinha	380,177	35.97%	8

See also

• Elections in India
• Electoral College
• List of Indian vice presidential elections
• List of Rajya Sabha elections
• List of Indian general elections
• List of Indian state legislative assembly elections

External links

• Presidential Elections
• President of India
• Former Presidents of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Explainer : How the President of India is Elected? . 21 June 2022 .
2. Web site: Explained: How the President of India is elected . 23 June 2022 .
3. News: How is the president of India elected? . The Hindu . 13 April 2022 . Munjal . Diksha .