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 No election Held 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
Independent UO Yashwant Sinha 380,177 35.97% 8 Lost

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Explainer : How the President of India is Elected?". 21 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Explained: How the President of India is elected". 23 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Munjal, Diksha (13 April 2022). "How is the president of India elected?". The Hindu.
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