Presidential Election 2017 Results: Ram Nath Kovind to be the 14th President of India
The NDA candidate beats Opposition's Meira Kumar by securing 65.5% of votes; incumbent Pranab Mukherjee's term as President ends on July 25
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Former Bihar Governor and the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA's) Presidential election candidate Ram Nath Kovind is set succeed incumbent Pranab Mukherjee and become the 14th President of India.
Kovind was in a contest with the Opposition candidate, former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar.
In the presidential election 2017, held on July 17, of the total 4,880 valid voters — 4,109 members of legislative Assemblies (MLAs) and 771 elected members of Parliament (MPs) — 99.49 per cent had cast their vote. Of the total 771 MPs who are entitled to vote, 768, or 99.61 per cent, cast their votes. Likewise, of the 4,109 MLAs entitled to vote, 4,083 or 99.37 per cent cast their votes, officials said.
Kovind was in a contest with the Opposition candidate, former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar.
In the presidential election 2017, held on July 17, of the total 4,880 valid voters — 4,109 members of legislative Assemblies (MLAs) and 771 elected members of Parliament (MPs) — 99.49 per cent had cast their vote. Of the total 771 MPs who are entitled to vote, 768, or 99.61 per cent, cast their votes. Likewise, of the 4,109 MLAs entitled to vote, 4,083 or 99.37 per cent cast their votes, officials said.
The counting of votes began at 11 am on Thursday. Kovind secured more than 65 per cent of the votes, against Meira Kumar's about 35 per cent.
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Here is the official announcement of the Presidential Election result from the Election Commission of India
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Narendra Modi congratulates Ram Nath Kovind on his victory
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also congratulated Ram Nath Kovind over phone for his victory
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Ram Nath Kovind's brother celebrates this victory in Madhya Pradesh's Guna at the house of President-elect
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Meanwhile, both Kovind and Kumar congratulated each other for their endeavours.
Meira Kumar said:
Meira Kumar said:
Want to thank all members of collegium, Smt Sonia Gandhiji & leaders of all the political parties who have supported me, tweets #MeiraKumar
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 20, 2017
My fight for secularism, the oppressed & the marginalised continues.I thank all my well wishers for their support & good wishes: #MeiraKumar
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 20, 2017
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Here are some pictures of BJP workers celebrating in Mumbai
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Ram Nath Kovind secured 2,930 votes with value of 7,02,044; Meira Kumar got 1,844 votes with the value of 3,67,314; 77 invalid: Anoop Mishra
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First Published: Jul 20 2017 | 4:21 PM IST
