1997 Indian presidential election
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Election Commission of India held the 11th 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.[1] Narayanan was the first dalit to be President of India.
Results[edit]
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] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "K R Narayanan is India's new President". Rediff.com. 18 July 1997. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ "PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS – 1997". Internet Archive. Indian Parliament. Archived from the original on 4 August 1997. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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