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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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1stPresidential Election
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02.05.1952
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha,Rajya Sabhaand 23 State Legislative Assemblies. Total Electors 4056
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Each M.P. had 494 Votes. Votes of MLAs differed from State to State. Lowest Value of Votes MLAs ofCoorgState was 7 and highest of 143 for MLAs of U.P. Population Basis of 1951 Census.
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Five
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Dr.RajendraPrasad
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5,07,400
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13.05.1952
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2ndPresidential Election
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06.05.1957
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha,Rajya Sabhaand 14 State Legislative Assemblies.
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Each M.Ps = 496 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147 of U.P.
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Three
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Dr.RajendraPrasad
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4,59,698
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13.05.1957
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3rdPresidential Election
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07.05.1962
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha,Rajya Sabhaand 15 State Legislative Assemblies.
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Each MPs= 493votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147 of U.P.
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Three
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Dr.SarvapalliRadhakrishnan
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5,53,067
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13.05.1962
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4thPresidential Election
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06.05.1967
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(520) , RajyaSabha (228) and 17 State Legislative Assemblies (3383)
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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.
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Seventeen
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Dr. ZakirHussain
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4,71,244
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13.05.1967
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5thPresidential Election
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16.08.1969
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Fifteen
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Shri V.V.Giri
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4,01,515
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24.08.1969
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6thPresidential Election
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17.08.1974
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(521) , RajyaSabha (230) and 21 State Legislative Assemblies (3654)
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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.
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Two
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ShriFakhruddin Ali Ahmed
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7,65,587
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24.08.1974
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7thPresidential Election
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06.08.1977
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(524) , RajyaSabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3776)
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Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P.
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One
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ShriNeelamSanjeevaReddy
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Elected unopposed
( Firsttime a candidate was declared elected to the highest office of President of India without a contest.
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25.07.1977
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8thPresidential Election
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12.07.1982
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(524) , RajyaSabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3827)
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Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P
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Two
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Gyani ZailSingh
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7,54,113
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25.07.1982
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9thPresidential Election
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13.07.1987
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3919)
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Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P
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Three
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Shri R.Venkataraman
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7,40,148
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25.07.1987
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10thPresidential Election
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13.07.1992
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3972)
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Each MPs = 702 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P
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Four
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Dr.Shanker DayalSharma
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6,75,804
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25.07.1992
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11thPresidential Election
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14.07.1997
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 27 State Legislative Assemblies (4072)
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Each MPs = 708 votes
No of votes of eachMLAsdiffered from state to state.
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Two
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Shri K.R. Narayanan
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9,56,290
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25.07.1997
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12thPresidential Election
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15.07.2002
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 30 State Legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.
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Each MPs = 708 votes
No of votes of eachMLAsdiffered from state to state.
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Two
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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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9,22,884
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25.07.2002
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13thPresidential Election
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19.07.2007
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Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 30 State legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.
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Each MPs = 708 votes
No of votes of eachMLAsdiffered from state to state.
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Two
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Smt.PratibhaDevisinghPatil
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6,38,116
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25.07.2007
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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.
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· 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/-.
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