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Date of Poll
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Electoral College
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No. of Votes for Each Member
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No. of Contesting Candidates
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Elected
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Votes Secured
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Date of Assumption of Office
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|
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1st Presidential Election
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02.05.1952
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Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya
Sabha and 23 State Legislative Assemblies. Total
Electors 4056
|
Each M.P. had 494 Votes. Votes of MLAs differed from State to State.
Lowest Value of Votes MLAs of Coorg State was 7 and
highest of 143 for MLAs of U.P. Population Basis of 1951 Census.
|
Five
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad
|
5,07,400
|
13.05.1952
|
|
2nd Presidential Election
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06.05.1957
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha and 14 State
Legislative Assemblies.
|
Each M.Ps = 496 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147
of U.P.
|
Three
|
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
|
4,59,698
|
13.05.1957
|
|
3rd Presidential Election
|
07.05.1962
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha,
Rajya Sabha and 15 State
Legislative Assemblies.
|
Each MPs= 493votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147
of U.P.
|
Three
|
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
|
5,53,067
|
13.05.1962
|
|
4th Presidential Election
|
06.05.1967
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(520) , Rajya Sabha (228)
and 17 State Legislative Assemblies (3383)
|
Each MPs= 576 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Nagaland was 08 and highest of 174
of U.P. The population basis was 1961 census.
|
Seventeen
|
Dr. Zakir Hussain
|
4,71,244
|
13.05.1967
|
|
5th Presidential Election
|
16.08.1969
|
|
-Do-
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Fifteen
|
Shri V.V. Giri
|
4,01,515
|
24.08.1969
|
|
6th Presidential Election
|
17.08.1974
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(521) , Rajya Sabha (230)
and 21 State Legislative Assemblies (3654)
|
Each MPs = 723 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Nagaland was 09 and highest of 208
of U.P. The population basis was 1971 census.
|
Two
|
Shri Fakhruddin
Ali Ahmed
|
7,65,587
|
24.08.1974
|
|
7th Presidential Election
|
06.08.1977
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(524) , Rajya Sabha (232)
and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3776)
|
Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of
U.P.
|
One
|
Shri Neelam
Sanjeeva Reddy
|
Elected unopposed
( First time a candidate was
declared elected to the highest office of President of India without a
contest.
|
25.07.1977
|
|
8th Presidential Election
|
12.07.1982
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(524) , Rajya Sabha (232)
and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3827)
|
Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of
U.P
|
Two
|
Gyani Zail
Singh
|
7,54,113
|
25.07.1982
|
|
9th Presidential Election
|
13.07.1987
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(543) , Rajya Sabha (233)
and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3919)
|
Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of
U.P
|
Three
|
Shri R. Venkataraman
|
7,40,148
|
25.07.1987
|
|
10th Presidential Election
|
13.07.1992
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(543) , Rajya Sabha (233)
and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3972)
|
Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of
U.P
|
Four
|
Dr. Shanker Dayal
Sharma
|
6,75,804
|
25.07.1992
|
|
11th Presidential Election
|
14.07.1997
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(543) , Rajya Sabha (233)
and 27 State Legislative Assemblies (4072)
|
Each MPs = 708 votes
No of votes of each MLAs differed from state
to state.
|
Two
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Shri K.R. Narayanan
|
9,56,290
|
25.07.1997
|
|
12th Presidential Election
|
15.07.2002
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 30 State Legislative Assemblies (4120)
including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.
|
Each MPs = 708 votes
No of votes of each MLAs differed from state
to state.
|
Two
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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
|
9,22,884
|
25.07.2002
|
|
13th Presidential Election
|
19.07.2007
|
Elected Members of Lok Sabha
(543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 30 State
legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of
Pondicherry.
|
Each MPs = 708 votes
No of votes of each MLAs differed from state
to state.
|
Two
|
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh
Patil
|
6,38,116
|
25.07.2007
|
Important Points :-
- During fifth Presidential Elections (1969) , the Commission made the Civil Aviation authorities to permit the escort of the polled ballot boxes (the respectively Assistant Returning Officers) to keep the sealed ballot boxes by his side closely near his seat in the Plane.
- During Sixth Presidential Elections (1974), The Presidential And Vice-Presidential Act,1952 was amended to provide for nomination paper of a Presidential candidate shall be subscribed by at least 10 electors as proposers and 10 electors as seconders, the Security deposit is made Rs. 2,500/- and election petition challenging an election can be presented only before the Supreme Court by any contesting candidate or by minimum 20 electors joined together as petitioners.
- During the 11th Presidential Elections (1997), the President of India promulgated an Ordinance on 5th June, 1997 to further amend the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Act, 1952. The following amendments to the act were made:-
(a) In the case of the Presidential
Election, the number of Proposers and seconders for any nomination paper
was increased from ten proposers to fifty proposers and from ten seconders to fifty seconders.
(b) In the case of the Presidential
Election, the number of Proposers and seconders for any nomination paper was likewise
increased from five Proposers and five Seconders to twenty proposers and twenty seconders.
( c) The
amount of Security was increased from Rs. 2,500/- to Rs. 15,000/-.
Source: PIB Release, June 13, 2012
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