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	\| next_election = 1987 Indian presidential election		\| next_election = 1987 Indian presidential election
	\| next_year = 1987		\| next_year = 1987
	\| election_date = 12 July 1982		\| election_date = 12 July 1982
	\| image1 =~~[[File:~~President of India Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg\|~~x150px]]~~		\| image1 = {{CSS image crop\|Image=President of India Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg\|bSize=100\|cWidth=100\|cHeight=120\|oLeft=0\|oTop=0}}
	\| nominee1 = '''[[Zail Singh]]'''		\| nominee1 = '''[[Zail Singh]]'''
	\| party1 = Indian National Congress		\| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)
	\| home_state1 = [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]]		\| home_state1 = [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]]
	\| electoral_vote1 = '''754,113'''		\| electoral_vote1 = '''754,113'''
	\| percentage1 = '''72.7%'''		\| percentage1 = '''72.73%'''
	\| image2 =		\| image2 =
	\| nominee2 = [[Hans Raj Khanna]]		\| nominee2 = [[Hans Raj Khanna]]
	\| party2 = Independent ~~(India)~~		\| party2 = [[Independent politician\|Independent]]
	\| home_state2 = [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]]		\| home_state2 = [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]]
			\| color2 = 800080
	\| electoral_vote2 = 282,685		\| electoral_vote2 = 282,685
	\| percentage2 = 27.3%		\| percentage2 = 27.27%
	\| title = President		\| title = President
	\| before_election = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]		\| before_election = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
	\| before_party = Janata Party		\| before_party = Janata Party
	\| after_election = [[Zail Singh]]		\| after_election = [[Zail Singh]]
	\| after_party = Indian National Congress		\| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
	\| map_image = ~~Präsidentschaftswahl Indien~~ 1982.svg		\| map_image = 1982 Indian Presidential Election.svg
	\| map_size = 300px		\| map_size = 300px
	}}		}}
	The Election Commission of India held indirect ~~8th~~ [[President of India\|presidential elections of India]] on 12 July 1982. [[Zail Singh]] with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival [[Hans Raj Khanna]] who got 282,685 votes.<ref>http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India</ref>		The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth [[President of India\|presidential elections of India]] on 12 July 1982. [[Zail Singh]] with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival [[Hans Raj Khanna]] who got 282,685 votes.<ref>http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India</ref>
	Zail Singh was the first and till date only [[Sikh]] to be the President of India.		Zail Singh was the first and till date only [[Sikh]] to be the President of India.

			== Candidates ==
			Potential opposition candidates included [[Narayan Ganesh Gore\|N. G. Goray]] former high commissioner to London, and [[Bhola Paswan Shastri]], former Rajya Sabha member.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Giani Zail Singh poised to become the seventh President of India \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19820715-giani-zail-singh-poised-to-become-the-seventh-president-of-india-771992-2013-10-18 \|access-date=2023-06-20 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref>

			==Schedule==
			The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 9 June 1982.<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
			\| 23 June 1982
			\|-
			!2.
			\| Date for Scrutiny of nomination
			\| 24 June 1982
			\|-
			!3.
			\| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
			\| 26 June 1982
			\|-
			!4.
			\| Date of Poll
			\| 12 July 1982
			\|-
			!5.
			\| '''Date of Counting'''
			\|colspan="2" style="text-align:center\| '''15 July 1982'''
			\|-
			\|}

	==Results==		==Results==
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	\|}		\|}

			==See also==
			* [[1979 Indian vice presidential election]]

	==References==		==References==
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{{Short description|8th Indian presidential election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1982 Indian presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1977 Indian presidential election
| previous_year = 1977
| next_election = 1987 Indian presidential election
| next_year = 1987
| election_date = 12 July 1982
| image1 =[[File:President of India Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg|x150px]]
| nominee1 = '''[[Zail Singh]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| home_state1 = [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''754,113'''
| percentage1 = '''72.7%'''
| image2 =
| nominee2 = [[Hans Raj Khanna]]
| party2 = Independent (India)
| home_state2 = [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| electoral_vote2 = 282,685
| percentage2 = 27.3%
| title = President
| before_election = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| before_party = Janata Party
| after_election = [[Zail Singh]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| map_image = Präsidentschaftswahl Indien 1982.svg
| map_size = 300px
}}
The Election Commission of India held indirect 8th [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on 12 July 1982. [[Zail Singh]] with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival [[Hans Raj Khanna]] who got 282,685 votes.<ref>http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India</ref>
Zail Singh was the first and till date only [[Sikh]] to be the President of India.

==Results==
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Candidate
!Electoral Values
|-
|[[Zail Singh]]
|754,113
|-
|[[Hans Raj Khanna]]
|282,685
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,036,798'''
|-
|}

==References==
<references/>

{{Indian presidential elections}}

[[Category:1982 elections in India]]
[[Category:Presidential elections in India]]