1987 Indian presidential election


The Election Commission of India held indirect 9th presidential elections of India on 16 July 1987. R. Venkataraman with 740,148 votes won over his nearest rival V. R. Krishna Iyer who got 281,550 votes.

1987 Indian presidential election

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Nominee R. Venkataraman V. R. Krishna Iyer
Party INC Independent (India)
Home state Tamil Nadu Kerala
Electoral vote 740,148 281,550
Percentage 72.3% 27.5%

President before election

Zail Singh
INC

Elected President

R. Venkataraman
INC

ResultsEdit

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[1]

Candidate Electoral Values
R. Venkataraman 740,148
V. R. Krishna Iyer 281,550
Mithilesh Kumar 2,223
Total 1,023,921

ReferencesEdit

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