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The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on 2 May 1952. 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^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Candidate	Electoral Values
Rajendra Prasad	507,400
K. T. Shah	92,827
Lakshman Ganesh Thatte	2,672
Chowdhry Hari Ram	1,954
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee	533
Total	605,386

References

↑ "Election Commission of India" (PDF). Eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2009-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Yahoo!". Aol.in. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[1] "Election Commission of India" (PDF). Eci.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2009-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Yahoo!". Aol.in. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

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 | election_name = 1952 Indian presidential election
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 | next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election
 | next_year = 1957
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+| election_date = 2 May 1952
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 | nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''
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 | nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]
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+| party2 = Independent (India)
 | home_state2 = [[Bombay]]
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 | title = President
 | after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]
 | after_party = Independent (politician)
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-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%).
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+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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