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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.[1][2][3]
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
|
National Democratic Alliance
|
|
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|
922,884
|
89.6%
|
28
|
Won
|
|
Communist Party of India
|
Left Front
|
|
Lakshmi Sahgal
|
107,366
|
10.4%
|
2
|
Lost
|
2007
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
United Progessive Alliance
|
|
Pratibha Patil
|
638,116
|
65.8%
|
23
|
Won
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
National Democratic Alliance
|
|
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
|
331,306
|
34.2%
|
7
|
Lost
|
2012
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
United Progessive Alliance
|
|
Pranab Mukherjee
|
713,763
|
69.3%
|
22
|
Won
|
|
National People's Party
|
National Democratic Alliance
|
|
P. A. Sangma
|
315,987
|
30.7%
|
8
|
Lost
|
2017
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
National Democratic Alliance
|
|
Ram Nath Kovind
|
702,044
|
65.65%
|
21
|
Won
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
United Progessive Alliance
|
|
Meira Kumar
|
367,314
|
34.35%
|
10
|
Lost
|
2022
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
National Democratic Alliance
|
|
Droupadi Murmu
|
676,803
|
64.03%
|
22
|
Won
|
|
Independent
|
United Opposition
|
|
Yashwant Sinha
|
380,177
|
35.97%
|
8
|
Lost
|
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