NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind is the new President of India
Synopsis
771 elected MPs were eligible to cast their ballot Kovind won with 702044 votes, Meira secured 367314 votes The swearing in of the President of India will be on July 25 In Andhra Pradesh no one voted for Opposition candidate Meira Kumar
Thirty two polling stations, including the one in Parliament house, had been set up in the country. A total of 4,109 MLAs and 771 elected MPs were eligible to cast their ballot. While 4,083 MLAs voted, 768 MPs exercised their franchise.
The total value of votes for MPs stands at 5,49,408. For MLAs, the total vote value is 5,49,495. The total vote value is 10,98,903. A candidate needs 50 per cent plus one vote to win the presidential poll. The half way mark is 5,49,452, and clearly Kovind with 702044 votes has crossed more than half. Kovind convincingly defeated opposition's Meira Kumar, winning more than 65 percent of the votes in the Electoral College, the Returning Officer for the poll, Anoop Mishra, announced.
While the value of an MLA's vote depends on the population of the state he or she belongs to, the value of an MP's vote remains the same at 708.
Statewise votes received by the two candidates:
In Andhra Pradesh, Kovind got 171 votes (27,189 vote value) while Kumar got nil votes. Three votes were invalid.
In Arunachal Pradesh, Kovind got 56 votes (448 vote value) and Kumar got three (24 vote value).
In Assam, Kovind got 91 votes (10,556 vote value), while Kumar got 35 (4,060 vote value).
In Bihar, Kovind got 130 votes (22,490 vote value), Kumar got 109 (18,857 vote value).
In Chhattisgarh, Kovind got 52 votes (6,708 vote value), Kumar got 35 (4,515 vote value). Three votes were invalid.
In Goa, Kovind got 25 votes (500 vote value), while Kumar got 11 votes (220 vote value). Two votes were declared
invalid.
In Gujarat, Kovind got 132 votes (vote value 19,404), Kumar got 49 votes (valued 7,203).
In Haryana, Kovind got 73 votes (valued at 8,176) and Kumar 16 (1,792 value). One vote was invalid.
In Himachal Pradesh, 30 votes went to Kovind (1,530 value), while Kumar got 37 (1,887 value).
In Jammu and Kashmir, 56 votes went to Kovind (4,032 value) and Kumar got 13 (2,160 value).
In Jharkhand, Kovind got 51 (8,976 value) and Kumar 26 (4,576 value). Four votes were invalid, Mishra said.
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