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	{{Infobox election		{{Infobox election
	\| election_name = 1952 Indian presidential election		\| election_name = 1952 Indian presidential election
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	\| type = presidential		\| type = presidential
	\| ongoing = no		\| ongoing = no
	\| previous_election =		\| previous_election = 1950 Indian presidential election
	\| previous_year =		\| previous_year = 1950
	\| next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election		\| next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election
	\| next_year = 1957		\| next_year = 1957
	\| election_date = 2 May 1952		\| election_date = 2 May 1952
	\| image1 = ~~[[File:~~Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg\|~~150px]]~~		\| image1 = {{CSS image crop\|Image=Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=100\|cHeight=120\|oLeft=12\|oTop=07}}
	\| nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''		\| nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''
	\| party1 = Indian National Congress		\| party1 = Indian National Congress
	\| home_state1 = [[Bihar]]		\| home_state1 = [[Bihar]]
	\| electoral_vote1 = 507,400		\| electoral_vote1 = '''507,400'''
	\| image2 = ~~[[File:4605852566 670x441~~.jpg\|~~150px]]~~		\| percentage1 = '''83.81%'''
			\| image2 = {{CSS image crop\|Image=k.T. Shah.jpg\|bSize=120\|cWidth=100\|cHeight=120\|oLeft=12\|oTop=07}}
	\| nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]		\| nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]
	\| party2 = Independent ~~(India)~~		\| color2 = FFC0CB
			\| party2 = [[Independent politician\|Independent]]
	\| home_state2 = [[Bombay]]		\| home_state2 = [[Bombay]]
	\| electoral_vote2 = 92,827		\| electoral_vote2 = 92,827
	\| title = President		\| percentage2 = 15.33%
			\| map_image=File:1952 Indian Presidential Election.svg
			\| title = [[President of India\|President]]
			\| before_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]] (Interim)
			\| before_party = [[Indian National Congress\|INC]]
	\| after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]		\| after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
	\| after_party = ~~Independent (politician)~~		\| after_party = [[Indian National Congress\|INC]]
	}}		}}

	The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India\|presidential elections of India]] on 2 May 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad\|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival [[K. T. Shah]] who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).		The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India\|presidential elections of India]] on 2 May 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad\|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival [[K. T. Shah]] who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).

			==Schedule==
			The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 4 April 1952.<ref name=presElection2017>{{cite web \|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6925-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-president-of-india-2017/ \|title=Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017 \|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] \|access-date= 30 January 2022}}</ref>

			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
			\|-
			!S.No.
			!Poll Event
			!Date
			\|-
			!1.
			\| Last Date for filing nomination
			\| 12 April 1952
			\|-
			!2.
			\| Date for Scrutiny of nomination
			\| 14 April 1952
			\|-
			!3.
			\| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
			\| 17 April 1952
			\|-
			!4.
			\| Date of Poll
			\| 2 May 1952
			\|-
			!5.
			\| '''Date of Counting'''
			\|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"\| '''6 May 1952'''
			\|-
			\|}

	==Results==		==Results==
	Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|format=PDF\|title=Election Commission of India\|website=Eci.gov.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|archive-date=2 November 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2009-05-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220151139/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|archive-date=2017-12-20 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=2009-05-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|archive-date=2007-09-27 \|url-status=dead ~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001\|title=Yahoo!\|website=Aol.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019~~}}</ref>		Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|format=PDF\|title=Election Commission of India\|website=Eci.gov.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|archive-date=2 November 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|title=Presidential Candidates (from 1952 to 2007) \|access-date=2009-05-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220151139/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|archive-date=2017-12-20 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|title=First real contest for office of President witnessed in 1967 \|access-date=2009-05-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|archive-date=2007-09-27 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
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			==See also==
			* [[1952 Indian vice presidential election]]

	==References==		==References==
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	\| next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election		\| next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election
	\| next_year = 1957		\| next_year = 1957
	\| election_date = May 2, 1952		\| election_date = 2 May 1952
	\| image1 = Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg		\| image1 = [[File:Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg\|150px]]
	\| nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''		\| nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''
	\| party1 = ~~Independent (politician)~~		\| party1 = Indian National Congress
	\| home_state1 = [[Bihar]]		\| home_state1 = [[Bihar]]
	\| electoral_vote1 = 507,400		\| electoral_vote1 = 507,400
	\| image2 = 4605852566 670x441.jpg		\| image2 = [[File:4605852566 670x441.jpg\|150px]]
	\| nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]		\| nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]
	\| party2 = Independent (~~politician~~)		\| party2 = Independent (India)
	\| home_state2 = [[Bombay]]		\| home_state2 = [[Bombay]]
	\| electoral_vote2 = 92,827		\| electoral_vote2 = 92,827
	\| title = President		\| title = President

	\| after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]		\| after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
	\| after_party = Independent (politician)		\| after_party = Independent (politician)
	}}		}}
	The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India\|presidential elections of India]] on May 2, 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad\|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival [[K. T. Shah]] who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).		The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India\|presidential elections of India]] on 2 May 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad\|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival [[K. T. Shah]] who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).

	==Results==		==Results==
	Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|format=PDF\|title=Election Commission of India\|website=Eci.gov.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019~~\|archive-date=2 November 2013~~\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2009-05-22 ~~\|archive-date=2017-12-20~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220151139/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2009-05-22 ~~\|archive-date=2007-09-27~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001\|title=Yahoo!\|website=Aol.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>		Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|format=PDF\|title=Election Commission of India\|website=Eci.gov.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf\|archive-date=2 November 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2009-05-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220151139/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm \|archive-date=2017-12-20 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2009-05-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 \|archive-date=2007-09-27 \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001\|title=Yahoo!\|website=Aol.in\|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>
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	\|-		\|-
	\|~~[[Thatte~~ Lakshman Ganesh]]		\|Lakshman Ganesh Thatte
	\|2,672		\|2,672
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[Chowdhry Hari Ram]]		\|Chowdhry Hari Ram
	\|1,954		\|1,954
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[Krishna Kumar Chatterjee]]		\|Krishna Kumar Chatterjee
	\|533		\|533
	\|-		\|-
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 Indian presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election =
| previous_year =
| next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election
| next_year = 1957
| election_date = May 2, 1952
| image1 = Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''
| party1 = Independent (politician)
| home_state1 = [[Bihar]]
| electoral_vote1 = 507,400
| image2 = 4605852566 670x441.jpg
| nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]
| party2 = Independent (politician)
| home_state2 = [[Bombay]]
| electoral_vote2 = 92,827
| title = President

| after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
| after_party = Independent (politician)
}}
The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on May 2, 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival [[K. T. Shah]] who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).

==Results==
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf|format=PDF|title=Election Commission of India|website=Eci.gov.in|accessdate=16 June 2019|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-05-22 |archive-date=2017-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220151139/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-05-22 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001|title=Yahoo!|website=Aol.in|accessdate=16 June 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Candidate
!Electoral Values
|-
|'''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''
|'''507,400'''
|-
|[[K. T. Shah]]
|92,827
|-
|[[Thatte Lakshman Ganesh]]
|2,672
|-
|[[Chowdhry Hari Ram]]
|1,954
|-
|[[Krishna Kumar Chatterjee]]
|533
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''605,386'''
|-
|}

==References==
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