Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee's term as President ends on July 25

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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The candidate who secures at least one vote more than 50 per cent of the total votes will enter into the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

President Pranab Mukherjee will demit the office on July 25.

The only point of interest, if Kovind wins, is the margin of his victory, and whether some MLAs or MPs of the 17 Opposition parties supporting the candidature of Meira Kumar have also voted for him.

BJP expects cross-voting would increase victory margin in Kovind&#39;s favour

If elected, Ram Nath Kovind will be only the second Indian President coming from the Dalit community. K R Narayanan was the first.

But who is Ram Nath Kovind, the 72-year-old, who emerged as the dark horse? Click <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/prez-polls-meet-ram-nath-kovind-nda-s-surprise-presidential-nominee-117061900891_1.html" target="_blank">here</a> to find out&nbsp;

The lowest percentage of 86.67 per cent in the Monday voting was registered by Meghalaya

The states with 100 per cent polling are &mdash; Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Tripura, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Nagaland and Uttarakhand, apart from the Union Territory of Puducherry.

Sixteen states and a union territory registered 100 per cent polling in the presidential election

Presidential polls result today: Counting from 11 am, result out by 5 pm. Click <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/presidential-polls-result-today-counting-from-11-am-result-out-by-5-pm-117072000180_1.html" target="_blank">here</a> for more details&nbsp;

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Incumbent Pranab Mukherjee&#39;s term as the President of India ends on July 25, 2017 -- that is 5 days after the Presidential election 2017 result

The final result of the Presidential election 2017 is expected to be out by 5 pm today

The Opposition parties&#39; candidate for the President&#39;s post is former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had fielded former Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind as its Presidential candidate

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