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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This traslates into 99.49% of all legilslators eligible to cast their votes -- the highest voting percentage in India&#39;s Presidential elections so far

On Monday, a total of 4,851 members of Parliament and legislative Assemblies (MPs and MLAs) cast their vote to elect the next President of India

The counting of votes cast in the Presidential election 2017, held on July 17, will begin at 11 am today (July 20)

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