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{{Short description|11th Indian presidential election}}
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{{Infobox election
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| next_year = 2002
| next_year = 2002
| election_date = 17 July 1997
| election_date = 17 July 1997
| image1 = [[File:President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg|200x200px]]
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| nominee1 = '''[[K. R. Narayanan]]'''
| nominee1 = '''[[K. R. Narayanan]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| party1 = Indian National Congress
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| electoral_vote1 = '''956,290'''
| electoral_vote1 = '''956,290'''
| percentage1 = '''95.0%'''
| percentage1 = '''95.0%'''
| states_carried1 = '''31'''
| states_carried1 = '''29+[[Delhi|NCT]]+[[Puducherry (city)|PY]]'''
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| nominee2 = [[T. N. Seshan]]
| nominee2 = [[T. N. Seshan]]
| party2 = Independent (India)
| party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| home_state2 = [[Kerala]]
| home_state2 = [[Kerala]]
| electoral_vote2 = 50,631
| electoral_vote2 = 50,631
| percentage2 = 5.0%
| percentage2 = 5.0%
| states_carried2 = 0
| states_carried2 = 0
| color2 = FFA500
| 1blank = Swing
| 1data1 = 29.1% {{increase}}
| 1data2 = ''New''
| title = President
| title = President
| before_election = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| before_election = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
| before_party = Indian National Congress
| before_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| after_election = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| after_election = [[K. R. Narayanan]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_party = Indian National Congress
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Election Commission of India held the 11th [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on 17 July 1997. [[K. R. Narayanan]] with 956,290 votes won over his nearest rival [[T. N. Seshan]] who got 50,631 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=K R Narayanan is India's new President |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/17pres.htm |accessdate=29 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=18 July 1997}}</ref> Narayanan was the first [[dalit]] to be President of India.
The 11th [[President of India|presidential election of India]] was held on 17 July 1997. With 956,290 votes, [[K. R. Narayanan]] overcame his nearest rival [[T. N. Seshan]] who received 50,631 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=K R Narayanan is India's new President |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/jul/17pres.htm |accessdate=29 October 2018 |work=Rediff.com |date=18 July 1997}}</ref> Narayanan was the first [[Dalit]] to be elected President of India.
 
==Candidates==
 
=== [[United Front (India)|United Front]] + [[Indian National Congress|INC]]  ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
![[United Front (India)|United Front]] + [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! For President
|-
|[[File:The official portrait of Shri Kocheril Raman Narayanan, 10th President of the Republic of India.png|center|220x220px]]
|-
![[Vice President of India|Vice President]] <br/>[[K. R. Narayan]]
[[Indian National Congress]]
|}
 
=== [[Independent politician|Independent]] (''backed by  [[Shiv Sena]]'') ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|-
! [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
! For President
|-
| [[File:T.N. Seshan in 1994.jpg|center|220x220px]]
|-
! [[Chief Election Commissioner of India|Former Chief Election Commissioner of India]] <br/> [[T. N. Seshan]]
[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|}


==Results==
==Results==
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|align=left colspan=9|Source: Election Commission of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html |title=PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS – 1997 |work=[[Internet Archive]] |publisher=[[Indian Parliament]] |accessdate=23 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970804211707/http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html |archivedate=4 August 1997 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align=left colspan=9|Source: Election Commission of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html |title=PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS – 1997 |work=[[Internet Archive]] |publisher=[[Indian Parliament]] |accessdate=23 May 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970804211707/http://alfa.nic.in/hm/result.html |archivedate=4 August 1997 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|}
|}
 
==See also==
* [[1997 Indian vice presidential election]]
==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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Latest revision as of 00:31, 27 October 2025


1997 Indian presidential election
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President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg
T.N. Seshan in 1994 (cropped).jpg
Nominee K. R. Narayanan T. N. Seshan
Party INC Independent
Home state Kerala Kerala
Electoral vote 956,290 50,631
States carried 29+NCT+PY 0
Percentage 95.0% 5.0%
Swing 29.1% Increase New
President before election

Shankar Dayal Sharma
Indian National Congress (Indira)

Elected President

K. R. Narayanan
INC

The 11th presidential election of India was held on 17 July 1997. With 956,290 votes, K. R. Narayanan overcame his nearest rival T. N. Seshan who received 50,631 votes.[1] Narayanan was the first Dalit to be elected President of India.

Candidates[edit | edit source]

United Front + INC[edit | edit source]

United Front + Indian National Congress
For President
Vice President
K. R. Narayan

Indian National Congress

Independent (backed by Shiv Sena)[edit | edit source]

Independent
For President
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
T. N. Seshan

Independent

Results[edit | edit source]

States No. of MLA/MPs Value of each Vote K. R. Narayanan (Votes) K. R. Narayanan (Values) T. N. Seshan (Votes) T. N. Seshan (Values) Invalid (Votes) Invalid (Values)
Members of Parliament 776 708 676 478,608 26 18,408 32 22,656
Andhra Pradesh 294 148 254 37,592 9 1,332 17 2,516
Arunachal Pradesh 60 8 56 448 0 0 3 24
Assam 126 116 110 12,760 5 580 1 116
Bihar 324 174 285 49,590 8 1,392 15 2,610
Goa 40 20 35 700 2 40 3 60
Gujarat 182 147 156 22,932 11 1,617 7 1,029
Haryana 90 112 77 8,624 3 336 6 672
Himachal Pradesh 68 51 63 3,213 0 0 2 102
Jammu and Kashmir 87 72 74 5,328 1 72 4 288
Karnataka 224 131 191 25,021 13 1,703 11 1,441
Kerala 140 152 135 20,520 0 0 2 304
Madhya Pradesh 320 130 296 38,480 9 1,170 13 1,690
Maharashtra 288 175 173 30,275 96 16,800 1 175
Manipur 60 18 52 936 4 72 0 0
Meghalaya 60 17 43 731 10 170 4 68
Mizoram 40 8 34 272 2 16 0 0
Nagaland 60 9 55 495 2 18 0 0
Orissa 147 149 132 19,668 0 0 9 1,341
Punjab 117 116 106 12,296 1 116 7 812
Rajasthan 200 129 174 22,446 4 516 12 1,548
Sikkim 32 7 31 217 0 0 0 0
Tamil Nadu 234 176 229 40304 2 352 2 352
Tripura 60 26 59 1534 0 0 0 0
Uttar Pradesh 425 208 377 78,416 24 4,992 7 1,456
West Bengal 294 151 272 41,072 5 755 4 604
Delhi 70 58 58 3,364 3 174 8 464
Pondicherry 30 16 28 448 0 0 1 16
TOTAL 4,848 3,232 4,231 956,290 240 50,631 171 22,656
Source: Election Commission of India.[2]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "K R Narayanan is India's new President". Rediff.com. 18 July 1997. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS – 1997". Internet Archive. Indian Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 August 1997. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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