Facts at Glance-Presidential Elections from 1952 to 2007



 










 




















































































































































 




Date of Poll




Electoral College




No. of Votes for Each Member




No. of Contesting Candidates




Elected




Votes Secured  




Date of Assumption of Office




1stPresidential Election




02.05.1952




Elected Members ofLok Sabha,Rajya Sabhaand 23 State Legislative Assemblies. Total Electors 4056




Each M.P. had 494 Votes. Votes of MLAs differed from State to State. Lowest Value of Votes MLAs ofCoorgState was 7 and highest of 143 for MLAs of U.P. Population Basis of 1951 Census.




Five




Dr.RajendraPrasad




5,07,400




13.05.1952




2ndPresidential Election




06.05.1957




Elected Members ofLok Sabha,Rajya Sabhaand 14 State Legislative Assemblies.




Each M.Ps = 496 votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147 of U.P.




Three




Dr.RajendraPrasad




4,59,698




13.05.1957




3rdPresidential Election




07.05.1962




Elected Members ofLok Sabha,Rajya Sabhaand 15 State Legislative Assemblies.




Each MPs= 493votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147 of U.P.



 



 




Three




Dr.SarvapalliRadhakrishnan




5,53,067




13.05.1962




4thPresidential Election




06.05.1967




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(520) , RajyaSabha (228) and 17 State Legislative Assemblies (3383)




Each MPs= 576 votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Nagaland was 08 and highest of 174 of U.P. The population basis was 1961 census.




Seventeen




Dr. ZakirHussain




4,71,244




13.05.1967




5thPresidential Election




16.08.1969




 




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Fifteen




Shri V.V.Giri




4,01,515




24.08.1969




6thPresidential Election




17.08.1974




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(521) , RajyaSabha (230) and 21 State Legislative Assemblies (3654)




Each MPs = 723 votes



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Nagaland was 09 and highest of 208 of U.P. The population basis was 1971 census.



 




Two




ShriFakhruddin Ali Ahmed




7,65,587




24.08.1974




7thPresidential Election




06.08.1977




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(524) , RajyaSabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3776)




Each MPs = 702 votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P.




One




ShriNeelamSanjeevaReddy




Elected unopposed



( Firsttime a candidate was declared elected to the highest office of President of India without a contest.




25.07.1977




8thPresidential Election




12.07.1982




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(524) , RajyaSabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3827)




Each MPs = 702 votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P




Two




Gyani ZailSingh




7,54,113




25.07.1982




9thPresidential Election




13.07.1987




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3919)




Each MPs = 702 votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P




Three




Shri R.Venkataraman




7,40,148




25.07.1987




10thPresidential Election




13.07.1992




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3972)




Each MPs = 702 votes



 



Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P




Four




Dr.Shanker DayalSharma




6,75,804




25.07.1992




11thPresidential Election




14.07.1997




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 27 State Legislative Assemblies (4072)




Each MPs = 708 votes



 



No of votes of eachMLAsdiffered from state to state.




Two




Shri K.R. Narayanan




9,56,290




25.07.1997




12thPresidential Election




15.07.2002




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 30 State Legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.




Each MPs = 708 votes



 



No of votes of eachMLAsdiffered from state to state.




Two




Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam




9,22,884




25.07.2002




13thPresidential Election




19.07.2007




Elected Members ofLok Sabha(543) , RajyaSabha (233) and 30 State legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.




Each MPs = 708 votes



 



No of votes of eachMLAsdiffered from state to state.




Two




Smt.PratibhaDevisinghPatil




6,38,116




25.07.2007





 



Important Points :-



 



·         During fifth Presidential Elections (1969) , the Commission made the Civil Aviation authorities to permit the escort of the polled ballot boxes (the respectively Assistant Returning Officers) to keep the sealed ballot boxes by his side closely near his seat in the Plane.



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·         During Sixth Presidential Elections (1974), The Presidential And Vice-Presidential Act,1952 was amended to provide for nomination paper of a Presidential candidate shall be subscribed by at least 10 electors as proposers and 10 electors as seconders,  the Security deposit is made Rs. 2,500/- and election petition challenging an election can be presented only before the Supreme Court by any contesting candidate or by minimum  20 electors joined together as petitioners.



·         During the 11th Presidential Elections (1997), the President of India promulgated an Ordinance on 5th June, 1997 to further amend the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Act, 1952. The following amendments to the act were made:-



 



 



 (a) In the case of the Presidential Election, the number of Proposers and seconders for any nomination paper was increased from ten proposers to fifty proposers and from ten seconders to fifty seconders.



 



 



 (b) In the case of the Presidential Election, the number of Proposers and seconders for any nomination paper was likewise increased from five Proposers and five Seconders  to twenty proposers and twenty seconders.



 



 



 ( c) The amount of Security was increased from Rs. 2,500/- to Rs. 15,000/-.




 




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