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Presidential election 2017 India

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	Former Bihar Governor and the National Democratic Alliance&#39;s (NDA&#39;s) Presidential election candidate Ram Nath Kovind is set succeed incumbent Pranab Mukherjee and become the 14th President of India.<br />
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	Kovind was in a contest with the Opposition candidate, former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar.<br />
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	In the presidential election 2017, held on July 17, of the total 4,880 valid voters &mdash; 4,109 members of legislative Assemblies (MLAs) and 771 elected members of Parliament (MPs) &mdash; 99.49 per cent had cast their vote.&nbsp;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.</div>
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	The counting of votes began at 11 am on Thursday. Kovind secured more than 65 per cent of the votes, against Meira Kumar&#39;s about 35 per cent.</div>

The counting of votes for presidential election result 2017 will begin today at 11 am. And it is believed that Ram Nath Kovind has an edge over Meira Kumar. Get more updates about who will be the next president of India 2017.

Presidential Election 2017 Results: Ram Nath Kovind to be the 14th President of India

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Counting began at 11 am with the ballot box of Parliament House being opened first, followed by ballot boxes received from states in alphabetical order.&nbsp;

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	A formal announcement of the winner is expected by 5 pm. The voting took place on Monday.&nbsp;</div>
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Kovind is expected to win the presidential race given that the BJP and its allies have a majority in electoral college comprising Members of Parliament and members of legislative assemblies and councils of all states.&nbsp;

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	Total votes counted till now: 5,46,876</div>
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	Ram Nath Kovind bagged 3,24,775<br />
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	Meria kumar: 2,22,101</div>

NDA&#39;s Ram Nath Kovind leading with 60,683 votes, UPA&#39;s Meira Kumar at 22,941.

People at Kanpur village of NDA&#39;s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind celebrate and offer prayers in anticipation of his win.&nbsp;<br />
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However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had already congratulated Ram Nath Kovind on 17 July.

White total strength of the electoral college is 10,98,903 votes, the contesting candidates require about 5,49,452 votes (50 per cent) of the votes to win.

Meira Kumar says: &quot;I have fought this elections with faith, belief and confidence in the ideology. I also believe in inner voice of conscience.&quot;

While the votes are being counted, let&#39;s take a look at how Twitter is reaction to the 2017 Presidential Polls:<br />
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		Why no trends given by Election Commission ? Why so much secrecy in the vote counting <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentialPoll2017?src=hash">#PresidentialPoll2017</a></p>
	&mdash; Manoj Nair (@mgknair) <a href="https://twitter.com/mgknair/status/887931529225052160">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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		Ramnath kovind ji ko badhayi...<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentialPoll2017?src=hash">#PresidentialPoll2017</a></p>
	&mdash; Shailesh Kumar (@skumarbk) <a href="https://twitter.com/skumarbk/status/887932415028719616">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentialPoll2017?src=hash">#PresidentialPoll2017</a> same congress denied apj abdul kalam 2nd term saying it is prerogative of ruling party and people cannot choose</p>
	&mdash; Satish (@satishpai) <a href="https://twitter.com/satishpai/status/887934548780212224">July 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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		Today cong is being like GEN Candidate who is fighting with a reserved candidate!!!</p>

MLCs of states with legislative council are not part of the electoral college.

Some of the counting agents from the opposition are Deepinder Singh Hooda, Gaurav Gogoi, BK Hariprasad and Nadimul Haque.

In the 2012 Presidential Elections, Pranab Mukherjee had defeated P A Sangma with over 69 per cent votes.<br />

The counting of votes will be held under the supervision of Anoop Mishra, Lok Sabha secretary general.&nbsp;

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