Race to Raisina Hill: History of India's presidents in numbers

A total of 4033 Members of the Legislative Assembly and 776 Members of Parliament are voting in the Presidential Election faceoff between National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu and the Opposition-backed Yashwant Sinha to be the 15th President of India.

Presidential Election 2022: History of India's presidents in numbers

Team Newsable

New Delhi, First Published Jul 18, 2022, 10:40 AM IST

A total of 4033 Members of Legislative Assembly and 776 Members of Parliament are voting in the Presidential Election faceoff between National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu and the Opposition-backed Yashwant Sinha to be the 15th President of India.

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Let us take a look at some of the recent presidential battles:

11th Presidential Polls
Conducted: 1997
Total Votes: 10,06,921
Winner: KR Narayanan (9,56,290 votes)
Runner-up: TN Seshan (50,631 votes)

12th Presidential Polls
Conducted: 2002
Total Votes: 10,30,250
Winner: APJ Abdul Kalam (9,22,884 votes)
Runner-up: Lakshmi Sehgal (1,07,366 votes)

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13th Presidential Polls
Conducted: 2007
Total Votes: 9,69,422
Winner: Pratibha Patil (6,38,116 votes)
Runner-up: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (3,31,306 votes)

14th Presidential Polls
Conducted: 2012
Total Votes: 10,29,750
Winner: Pranab Mukherjee (7,13,763 votes)
Runner-up: PA Sangma (3,15,987 votes)

15th Presidential Polls
Conducted: 2017
Total Votes: 10,69,358
Winner: Ram Nath Kovind (7,02,044 votes)
Runner-up: Meira Kumar (3,67,314 votes)

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Who will elect India's next president?

233 Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament
4120 Members of Legislative Assemblies

What is the total value of votes this time?

MLA votes: 5,43,231
MP votes: 5,43,200
Total votes: 10,86,431

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List of India's Presidents

Rajendra Prasad
1950-1962

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
1962-1967

Zakir Husain
1967-1969 (died in office)