CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>2012 Indian presidential election - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"037be7bd-8aea-430e-97e8-78c540fad2f6","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"2012_Indian_presidential_election","wgTitle":"2012 Indian presidential election","wgCurRevisionId":1251349419,"wgRevisionId":1251349419,"wgArticleId":26890964,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["CS1 maint: archived copy as title","Wikipedia pending changes protected pages","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use Indian English from February 2014","All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English","Use dmy dates from July 2020","Elections using electoral votes","2012 elections in India","Presidential elections in India","July 2012 events in India"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en", "wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"2012_Indian_presidential_election","wgRelevantArticleId":26890964,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgStableRevisionId":1251349419,"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q3085704", "wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","mediawiki.page.gallery.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.flaggedRevs.basic":"ready","mediawiki.codex.messagebox.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","site", "mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.flaggedRevs.advanced","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.flaggedRevs.basic%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cmediawiki.codex.messagebox.styles%7Cmediawiki.page.gallery.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.12"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg/1200px-Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1425"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg/800px-Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="950"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg/640px-Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="760"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="2012 Indian presidential election - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-2012_Indian_presidential_election rootpage-2012_Indian_presidential_election skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" title="Main menu" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=2012+Indian+presidential+election" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=2012+Indian+presidential+election" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=2012+Indian+presidential+election" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=2012+Indian+presidential+election" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Selection_process" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Selection_process"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Selection process</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Selection_process-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Candidates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Candidates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Candidates</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Candidates-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Candidates subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Candidates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Unofficial_list" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Unofficial_list"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Unofficial list</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Unofficial_list-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_votes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_votes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Electoral votes</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Electoral_votes-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Electoral votes subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Electoral_votes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Reactions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reactions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Reactions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reactions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Indian presidential election</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 14 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-14" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">14 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9_2012" title="انتخابات الرئاسة الهندية 2012 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="انتخابات الرئاسة الهندية 2012" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%A8,_%E0%A7%A8%E0%A7%A6%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A8" title="ভারতের রাষ্ট্রপতি নির্বাচন, ২০১২ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভারতের রাষ্ট্রপতি নির্বাচন, ২০১২" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A4sidentschaftswahl_in_Indien_2012" title="Präsidentschaftswahl in Indien 2012 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Präsidentschaftswahl in Indien 2012" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lection_pr%C3%A9sidentielle_indienne_de_2012" title="Élection présidentielle indienne de 2012 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Élection présidentielle indienne de 2012" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemilihan_umum_Presiden_India_2012" title="Pemilihan umum Presiden India 2012 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pemilihan umum Presiden India 2012" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D_(2012)" title="ഇന്ത്യൻ രാഷ്ട്രപതി തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് (2012) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്ത്യൻ രാഷ്ട്രപതി തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് (2012)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82,_2012" title="ਭਾਰਤੀ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਚੋਣਾਂ, 2012 – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਭਾਰਤੀ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਚੋਣਾਂ, 2012" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elei%C3%A7%C3%A3o_presidencial_na_%C3%8Dndia_de_2012" title="Eleição presidencial na Índia de 2012 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Eleição presidencial na Índia de 2012" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B8_(2012)" title="Президентские выборы в Индии (2012) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Президентские выборы в Индии (2012)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%95%DA%B5%D8%A8%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B3%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%86%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C%DB%8C_%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%A2%D9%A0%D9%A1%D9%A2)" title="ھەڵبژاردنی سەرۆکایەتیی ھیندستان (٢٠١٢) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ھەڵبژاردنی سەرۆکایەتیی ھیندستان (٢٠١٢)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intian_presidentinvaali_2012" title="Intian presidentinvaali 2012 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Intian presidentinvaali 2012" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="2012 இந்தியக் குடியரசுத் தலைவர் தேர்தல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="2012 இந்தியக் குடியரசுத் தலைவர் தேர்தல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_%E0%B0%AD%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%A4_%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81" title="2012 భారత రాష్ట్రపతి ఎన్నికలు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="2012 భారత రాష్ట్రపతి ఎన్నికలు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AC%AC14%E5%B1%86%E5%8D%B0%E5%BA%A6%E7%B8%BD%E7%B5%B1%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89" title="第14屆印度總統選舉 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="第14屆印度總統選舉" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3085704#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:2012_Indian_presidential_election" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/2012_Indian_presidential_election"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/2012_Indian_presidential_election" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/2012_Indian_presidential_election" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&oldid=1251349419" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=2012_Indian_presidential_election&id=1251349419&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2012_Indian_presidential_election"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F2012_Indian_presidential_election"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q3085704" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-indicator-fr-review-status" class="mw-indicator"><indicator name="fr-review-status" class="mw-fr-review-status-indicator" id="mw-fr-revision-toggle"><span class="cdx-fr-css-icon-review--status--stable"></span><b>Checked</b></indicator></div> <div id="mw-indicator-pp-autoreview" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#pending" title="All edits by unregistered and new users are subject to review prior to becoming visible to unregistered users"><img alt="Page protected with pending changes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><div id="mw-fr-revision-messages"><div id="mw-fr-revision-details" class="mw-fr-revision-details-dialog" style="display:none;"><div tabindex="0"></div><div class="cdx-dialog cdx-dialog--horizontal-actions"><header class="cdx-dialog__header cdx-dialog__header--default"><div class="cdx-dialog__header__title-group"><h2 class="cdx-dialog__header__title">Page version status</h2><p class="cdx-dialog__header__subtitle">This is an accepted version of this page</p></div><button class="cdx-button cdx-button--action-default cdx-button--weight-quiet
							cdx-button--size-medium cdx-button--icon-only cdx-dialog__header__close-button" aria-label="Close" onclick="document.getElementById("mw-fr-revision-details").style.display = "none";" type="submit"><span class="cdx-icon cdx-icon--medium
							cdx-fr-css-icon--close"></span></button></header><div class="cdx-dialog__body">This is the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Pending changes">latest accepted revision</a>, <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=review&page=2012_Indian_presidential_election">reviewed</a> on <i>15 October 2024</i>.</div></div><div tabindex="0"></div></div></div></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1247979735">.mw-parser-output .ib-election{line-height:1.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-election .infobox-data{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ib-election .infobox-label{width:5em;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .ib-election .infobox-subheader{line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ib-election .infobox-header{font-weight:normal}@media(max-width:640px){body.skin--responsive:not(.skin-monobook):not(.skin-timeless) .mw-parser-output .ib-election .notpageimage.noresize img{height:80px!important;width:auto!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-election .mw-file-description img{background-color:#f8f9fa}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><table class="infobox ib-election infobox-table vevent" style="width:300px"><caption class="infobox-title summary">2012 Indian presidential election</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/50px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/75px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/100px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><hr /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2007_Indian_presidential_election" title="2007 Indian presidential election">2007</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>19 July 2012<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2012-07-19</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2017_Indian_presidential_election" title="2017 Indian presidential election">2017</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #00BFFF;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Pranab_Mukherjee_Portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="1557" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFCA61;"><div class=""> <div style="width: 100px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 100px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg/100px-P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/P._A._Sangma_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="127" data-file-height="165" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/P._A._Sangma" title="P. A. Sangma">P. A. Sangma</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">NPP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Progressive Alliance (India)">UPA</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Home state </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Electoral vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b> 713,763</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">315,987 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">States carried </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>20+<a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">NCT</a>+<a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">PY</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>69.3%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">30.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3.5% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3.5% <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg/300px-Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg/450px-Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg/600px-Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="860" data-file-height="1021" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 14th <a href="/wiki/Indirect_election" title="Indirect election">indirect presidential election</a>, in order to elect the 13th <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a>, was held in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> on 19 July 2012. The last date for filing nominations was 30 June, whereas the votes would be counted on 22 July.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-indiaholdjuly_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiaholdjuly-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-poll19_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-poll19-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mamtameet_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mamtameet-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two leading candidates for the presidency were former <a href="/wiki/Finance_Minister_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Finance Minister of India">Finance Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> from <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> and former <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha" title="Speaker of the Lok Sabha">Speaker of the Lok Sabha</a> <a href="/wiki/Purno_Agitok_Sangma" class="mw-redirect" title="Purno Agitok Sangma">Purno Agitok Sangma</a> from <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>. </p><p>On 22 July, Mukherjee was declared the winner.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was sworn in on 25 July at 11:30.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selection_process">Selection process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Selection process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/President_of_India#Selection_process" title="President of India">President of India § Selection process</a></div> <p>The new president is chosen by an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_College_(India)" title="Electoral College (India)">electoral college</a> consisting of the elected members of both houses of <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">parliament</a>, the elected members of the <a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Sabha">state legislative assemblies</a> and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held in accordance with the system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> by means of the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">Single transferable vote</a> method. The voting takes place by <a href="/wiki/Secret_ballot" title="Secret ballot">secret ballot</a>. The manner of election of President is provided by Article 55 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LibraryLibrary_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LibraryLibrary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 652px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Minister of Finance Pranab Mukherjee"><img alt="Minister of Finance Pranab Mukherjee" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg/87px-Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg/131px-Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg/175px-Secretary_Tim_Geithner_and_Finance_Minister_Pranab_Mukherjee_2010_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="793" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></b></div></div> </li> </ul> <p>Various names had been speculated by the Indian media and politicians prior to the official candidacies being submitted. Opinion polls have shown that the public preferred former President <a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a> to hold the post once again, which was supported by the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP). On 15 June, the <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> (UPA) announced <a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> as its presidential candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-reuters1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reuters1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were signs of a split within the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> with Bihar Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a> saying that "like the other constituents, the JD (U) too will abide by the final decision on the presidential poll,"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though <a href="/wiki/Shivanand_Tiwari" title="Shivanand Tiwari">Shivanand Tiwari</a> said that "a senior and respected leader like Pranab Mukherjee, who is going into retire [from active politics] should be given a graceful send off."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tiwari added that "[Mukherjee] is a very senior and a respected leader, and my personal opinion is that as he should be elected to the president's post with consensus."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</a> supported Mukherjee's candidates according to its spokesman <a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Raut" title="Sanjay Raut">Sanjay Raut</a>. On 18 June, Kalam said he would not run in the race<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following statement from JDU leader Nitish Kumar and SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav that they would prefer to support Mukherjee. Following Kalam's decision, the BJP-led NDA turned to supporting Sangma.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unofficial_list">Unofficial list</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Unofficial list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The final candidacy application had 45 names. Scrutiny of the candidates took place on 2 July<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pranab Mukherjee filed his nomination on 28 June with the support of the INC's <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a>, party president <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a>, General Secretary <a href="/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav" title="Mulayam Singh Yadav">Mulayam Singh Yadav</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a>'s leader <a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal" title="Rashtriya Lok Dal">Rashtriya Lok Dal</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ajit_Singh_(politician,_born_1939)" title="Ajit Singh (politician, born 1939)">Ajit Singh</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Lok Janshakti Party">Lok Janshakti Party</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_%26_Kashmir_National_Conference" title="Jammu & Kashmir National Conference">National Conference</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Farooq_Abdullah" title="Farooq Abdullah">Farooq Abdullah</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/E._Ahmed" class="mw-redirect" title="E. Ahmed">E. Ahmed</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a>'s <a href="/wiki/T._R._Baalu" title="T. R. Baalu">T. R. Baalu</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times">Hindustan Times</a></i> suggested that he also had the support of the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a>'s Janata Dal (United) and the Shiv Sena, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a>. Mukherjee said after filing his nomination papers that "I only wish at this time that we have the blessing of god and cooperation of all at this juncture." P. A. Sangma filed his nomination papers with the support of the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a>, Goa Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Manohar_Parrikar" title="Manohar Parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</a>, BJP party president <a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a> and party leaders <a href="/wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani" class="mw-redirect" title="Lal Krishna Advani">Lal Krishna Advani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a>, as well as the INC's Arvind Netam, who is the head of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tribal_Forum_of_India&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tribal Forum of India (page does not exist)">Tribal Forum of India</a> which supported Sangma. Prior to filing his nomination with the <i><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a></i> Secretary General V. K. Agnihotri he said that "today is a victory of tribal unity, that a tribal is filing his nomination for the post of president."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_votes">Electoral votes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Electoral votes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Party/Alliance </th> <th>Percentage <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> (UPA) </td> <td>33.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA) </td> <td>28% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> (SP) </td> <td>6.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Communism_in_India" title="Communism in India">Left Front</a> </td> <td>4.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> (TMC) </td> <td>4.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">Bahujan Samaj Party</a> (BSP) </td> <td>3.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> (AIADMK) </td> <td>3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a> (BJD) </td> <td>2.7% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The election's Returning Officer V. K. Agnihotri announced: "I declare that Shri Pranab Mukherjee has been duly elected to the office of President of India."<sup id="cite_ref-zee_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zee-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mukherjee gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647 MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated Sangma, who got 145,848 MP votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took the <a href="/wiki/Oath_of_office" title="Oath of office">oath of office</a> on 25 July at 11:00 in the Central Hall of the parliament building.<sup id="cite_ref-zee_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zee-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Andhra Pradesh, the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Telangana_Rashtra_Samithi" class="mw-redirect" title="Telangana Rashtra Samithi">Telangana Rashtra Samithi</a> abstained from voting, while in Kerala and West Bengal, the same is not applied to the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a>. In Karnataka, one MLA abstained. In Assam, there were two invalid voted and one abstention. In Bihar, three voted were invalid with one abstention. In Haryana, there were 8 invalid votes. In Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram one vote was invalid. In Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and Nagaland and Punjab and Sikkim, there were two invalid votes. In West Bengal, four votes were invalid.<sup id="cite_ref-zee_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zee-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Breakdown of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President</a> of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> election results </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/States_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States of India">States</a> </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;">Electors </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a> </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Purno_Agitok_Sangma" class="mw-redirect" title="Purno Agitok Sangma">Purno Agitok Sangma</a> </th> <th style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;">Invalid/Abstained </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Members of Parliament</a></td> <td>748</td> <td>527</td> <td>206</td> <td>15/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></td> <td>294</td> <td>182</td> <td>3</td> <td>5/109 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></td> <td>60</td> <td>54</td> <td>2</td> <td>4/0<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td> <td>126</td> <td>110</td> <td>13</td> <td>2/1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></td> <td>240/243</td> <td>146</td> <td>90</td> <td>3/1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh" title="Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></td> <td>90</td> <td>39</td> <td>50</td> <td>1/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>9</td> <td>31</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></td> <td>182</td> <td>59</td> <td>123</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a></td> <td>90</td> <td>53</td> <td>29</td> <td>8/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></td> <td>67</td> <td>23</td> <td>44</td> <td>1/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></td> <td>83/87</td> <td>68</td> <td>15</td> <td>2/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></td> <td>80/81</td> <td>60</td> <td>20</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td> <td>220</td> <td>117</td> <td>103</td> <td>3/1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></td> <td>140</td> <td>124</td> <td>0</td> <td>1/15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></td> <td>230</td> <td>73</td> <td>156</td> <td>4/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></td> <td>272</td> <td>225</td> <td>47</td> <td>2/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></td> <td>59</td> <td>58</td> <td>1</td> <td>1/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></td> <td>59</td> <td>34</td> <td>23</td> <td>2/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a></td> <td>40</td> <td>32</td> <td>7</td> <td>1/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a></td> <td>60</td> <td>58</td> <td>0</td> <td>2/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></td> <td>141</td> <td>26</td> <td>115</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></td> <td>116</td> <td>44</td> <td>70</td> <td>2/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></td> <td>198</td> <td>113</td> <td>85</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></td> <td>31</td> <td>28</td> <td>1</td> <td>2/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></td> <td>197</td> <td>45</td> <td>148</td> <td>4/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></td> <td>57</td> <td>56</td> <td>1</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td> <td>398</td> <td>351</td> <td>46</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand" title="Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></td> <td>69</td> <td>39</td> <td>30</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td> <td>?</td> <td>275</td> <td>3</td> <td>4/? </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>42</td> <td>23</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a></td> <td>28</td> <td>23</td> <td>5</td> <td>0/0 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#E9E9E9"> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Total</b></td> <td colspan="4">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"><small>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/presidential-election-results-live-counting-gets-underway_788957.html">Zee News</a></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reactions">Reactions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pranab Mukherjee thanked the people of the "great country" and "express[ed] deep gratitude for electing me to high office." He later told the media that he "thank[s] all those who supported me...I thank Sangma for congratulating me. I have received much more than I have given."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also said he would "protect, defend and preserve [the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>]. I will try to justify in a modest way as I can to be trustworthy."<sup id="cite_ref-zee_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zee-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also congratulated by his former party colleagues Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a>, as well as Vice-President <a href="/wiki/Hamid_Ansari" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamid Ansari">Hamid Ansari</a> and BJP President <a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zee_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zee-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While Sangma congratulated Mukherjee he also added: "The process in this Presidential election has been exceptionally partisan and political. The public perception is certainly that in identification and projection of its candidate, the UPA did not genuinely build consensus and that it persuaded political parties commanding major sections of the presidential electoral college by economic and other packages...as well as inducements, threats and promises. For election to the Lok Sabha and Assembly, there is a code of conduct for free and fair elections. Such a <a href="/wiki/Code_of_conduct" title="Code of conduct">code of conduct</a> does not exist for presidential and vice-presidential elections...Rs. 57,000 crore were given to U.P., Rs 27,000 crore to Bihar and so many other things have happened. We are meeting a day after tomorrow to review the whole situation where this matter will come up for discussion."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also added that this was an opportunity lost to elect a tribal candidate as president.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> INC spokesman <a href="/wiki/Manish_Tewari" title="Manish Tewari">Manish Tewari</a> responded in saying: "Magnanimity should mark the conduct of people, who contest elections. Gritting after losing an election only endorses the proverb that grapes are sour [when you cannot reach them];" its General Secretary <a href="/wiki/Janardan_Dwivedi" title="Janardan Dwivedi">Janardan Dwivedi</a> added to criticism of Sangma's allegations that "I think one should not talk with such a narrow vision."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to cross-voting against party lines as Mukherjee had support from 98 MLAs of the INC and JDS yet won with 19 extra votes and the Sangma got only 103 votes of BJP's 119 MLAs, Karnataka BJP General Secretary Dharmendra Pradhan said that "the party is taking this matter very seriously. The Central leadership has asked the Karnataka BJP unit to form a committee to probe this cross-voting by our MLAs. Once we get the committee's report we will take appropriate action." The issue also follows infighting within the Karnataka BJP that culminated in the recent appointment of <a href="/wiki/Jagadish_Shettar" title="Jagadish Shettar">Jagadish Shettar</a> as chief minister.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_anti-corruption_movement" title="2011 Indian anti-corruption movement">Anti-corruption activist group</a> <a href="/wiki/Team_Anna" class="mw-redirect" title="Team Anna">Team Anna</a> criticised Mukherjee in saying the country now had a "corrupt president."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Biocon" title="Biocon">Biocon</a> CEO <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Mazumdar-Shaw" title="Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw">Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw</a> said of the election: "We are making a mockery of the presidential post. This is considered the highest office in our country and should be apolitical. The president should be an apolitical appointee who has the stature and integrity that can hold the political system accountable. How can persons who are in office, holding key ministerial posts, be even eligible for such a post? This is becoming a political chess game which is devaluing this very lofty post."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1262012.pdf">"Election to the office of President of India, 2012 (14th Presidential election)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a>. 12 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+to+the+office+of+President+of+India%2C+2012+%2814th+Presidential+election%29&rft.pub=Election+Commission+of+India&rft.date=2012-06-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Feci.nic.in%2Feci_main1%2Fcurrent%2FPN1262012.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-indiaholdjuly-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-indiaholdjuly_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18420045">"India to hold presidential election in July"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. 13 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=India+to+hold+presidential+election+in+July&rft.date=2012-06-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-india-18420045&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-poll19-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-poll19_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJ2012" class="citation news cs1">J, Balaji (12 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3519957.ece">"Presidential poll on July 19, counting on July 22"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>. New Delhi<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=Presidential+poll+on+July+19%2C+counting+on+July+22&rft.date=2012-06-12&rft.aulast=J&rft.aufirst=Balaji&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Farticle3519957.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mamtameet-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mamtameet_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130103162557/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/india/32214195_1_mamata-banerjee-trinamool-congress-pranab-mukherjee">"Presidential poll on July 19, Mamata to meet Sonia today"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i>. 13 June 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/india/32214195_1_mamata-banerjee-trinamool-congress-pranab-mukherjee">the original</a> on 3 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Presidential+poll+on+July+19%2C+Mamata+to+meet+Sonia+today&rft.date=2012-06-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com%2F2012-06-13%2Findia%2F32214195_1_mamata-banerjee-trinamool-congress-pranab-mukherjee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pranab-Mukherjee-elected-Indias-13th-President/articleshow/15092749.cms">"Pranab Mukherjee voted India's 13th President"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i>. 22 July 2012. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130316043938/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/india/32787938_1_vote-value-mukherjee-and-sangma-india-s-13th-president">Archived</a> from the original on 16 March 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Pranab+Mukherjee+voted+India%27s+13th+President&rft.date=2012-07-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Findia%2FPranab-Mukherjee-elected-Indias-13th-President%2Farticleshow%2F15092749.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266025/pranab-mukherjee-13th-president.html">"Pranab Mukherjee is 13th President"</a>. <i>Deccan Herald</i>. 22 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deccan+Herald&rft.atitle=Pranab+Mukherjee+is+13th+President&rft.date=2012-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanherald.com%2Fcontent%2F266025%2Fpranab-mukherjee-13th-president.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Pranab Mukherjee to be sworn in as President of India on 25 July 2012". Dhruv Planet.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Pranab+Mukherjee+to+be+sworn+in+as+President+of+India+on+25+July+2012&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/pr.html">"Election of The President"</a>. Pib.nic.in<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 May</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Election+of+The+President&rft.pub=Pib.nic.in&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpib.nic.in%2Farchieve%2Fothers%2Fpr.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LibraryLibrary-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LibraryLibrary_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreat_Britain._Ministry_of_Overseas_Development._LibraryGreat_Britain._Overseas_Development_Administration._Library" class="citation book cs1">Great Britain. Ministry of Overseas Development. Library; Great Britain. Overseas Development Administration. Library. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bQLff_T-uFAC&pg=PT167"><i>Public Administration</i></a>. Upkar Prakashan. p. 167.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Public+Administration&rft.pages=167&rft.pub=Upkar+Prakashan&rft.au=Great+Britain.+Ministry+of+Overseas+Development.+Library&rft.au=Great+Britain.+Overseas+Development+Administration.+Library&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DbQLff_T-uFAC%26pg%3DPT167&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reuters1-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-reuters1_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBhattacharjya2012" class="citation news cs1">Bhattacharjya, Satarupa (15 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306102231/http://in.reuters.com/article/india-president-pranab-mukherjee-idINDEE85E08B20120615?type=economicNews">"UPA names Mukherjee for president in econ shakeup"</a>. Reuters. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://in.reuters.com/article/india-president-pranab-mukherjee-idINDEE85E08B20120615?type=economicNews">the original</a> on 6 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=UPA+names+Mukherjee+for+president+in+econ+shakeup&rft.date=2012-06-15&rft.aulast=Bhattacharjya&rft.aufirst=Satarupa&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fin.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Findia-president-pranab-mukherjee-idINDEE85E08B20120615%3Ftype%3DeconomicNews&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3542972.ece">"JD (U) to toe NDA line on Presidential poll: Nitish"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. Chennai, India. 18 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=JD+%28U%29+to+toe+NDA+line+on+Presidential+poll%3A+Nitish&rft.date=2012-06-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Farticle3542972.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jdu-leader-makes-a-strong-pitch-for-pranab-mukherjee_1702916">"JD(U) leader makes a strong pitch for Pranab Mukherjee"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/DNA_India" class="mw-redirect" title="DNA India">DNA India</a></i>. 16 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=DNA+India&rft.atitle=JD%28U%29+leader+makes+a+strong+pitch+for+Pranab+Mukherjee&rft.date=2012-06-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnaindia.com%2Findia%2Freport_jdu-leader-makes-a-strong-pitch-for-pranab-mukherjee_1702916&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/jd-u-wants-consensus-on-pranab-mukherjee_782135.html">"JD-U wants consensus on Pranab Mukherjee"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Zee_News" title="Zee News">Zee News</a>. 16 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=JD-U+wants+consensus+on+Pranab+Mukherjee&rft.pub=Zee+News&rft.date=2012-06-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fzeenews.india.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fjd-u-wants-consensus-on-pranab-mukherjee_782135.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/APJ-Abdul-Kalam-not-to-contest-presidential-poll-2012/articleshow/14237561.cms">"APJ Abdul Kalam not to contest presidential poll 2012"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120622074516/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-18/india/32298401_1_apj-abdul-kalam-bjp-leader-contest">Archived</a> from the original on 22 June 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=APJ+Abdul+Kalam+not+to+contest+presidential+poll+2012&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Findia%2FAPJ-Abdul-Kalam-not-to-contest-presidential-poll-2012%2Farticleshow%2F14237561.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/presidential-poll-bjp-draws-a-blank-with-kalam-looks-to-sangma-232846">"Presidential poll: BJP draws a blank with Kalam, looks to Sangma"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Presidential+poll%3A+BJP+draws+a+blank+with+Kalam%2C+looks+to+Sangma&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Fpresidential-poll-bjp-draws-a-blank-with-kalam-looks-to-sangma-232846&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/statement.pdf">"Presidential Elections"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Presidential+Elections&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F164.100.47.5%2Fpres2012%2Fpressrelease%2Fstatement.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120629105452/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Prez-poll-Pranab-flaunts-more-allies-Sangma-lags-behind/Article1-880179.aspx">"Pranab flaunts more allies, Sangma lags behind"</a>. <i>Hindustan Times</i>. 28 June 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Prez-poll-Pranab-flaunts-more-allies-Sangma-lags-behind/Article1-880179.aspx">the original</a> on 29 June 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Hindustan+Times&rft.atitle=Pranab+flaunts+more+allies%2C+Sangma+lags+behind&rft.date=2012-06-28&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2FIndia-news%2FNewDelhi%2FPrez-poll-Pranab-flaunts-more-allies-Sangma-lags-behind%2FArticle1-880179.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/01112/Graphics__How_the__1112721a.pdf">"How the numbers might stack up!"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>. Chennai, India. 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 June</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=How+the+numbers+might+stack+up%21&rft.date=2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fmultimedia%2Farchive%2F01112%2FGraphics__How_the__1112721a.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-zee-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-zee_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-zee_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-zee_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-zee_19-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-zee_19-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/presidential-election-results-live-counting-gets-underway_788957.html">"Pranab Mukherjee elected India's 13th President"</a>. Zeenews.india.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pranab+Mukherjee+elected+India%27s+13th+President&rft.pub=Zeenews.india.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fzeenews.india.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fpresidential-election-results-live-counting-gets-underway_788957.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130607174759/http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/English.pdf">"Archived copy"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/English.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 7 June 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Archived+copy&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2F164.100.47.5%2Fpres2012%2Fpressrelease%2FEnglish.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title" title="Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/pranab-mukherjee-helped-by-cross-voting-in-karnataka-bjp-246245?pfrom=home-otherstories">"Pranab Mukherjee helped by cross voting in Karnataka BJP"</a>. NDTV.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pranab+Mukherjee+helped+by+cross+voting+in+Karnataka+BJP&rft.pub=NDTV.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%2Farticle%2Findia%2Fpranab-mukherjee-helped-by-cross-voting-in-karnataka-bjp-246245%3Fpfrom%3Dhome-otherstories&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=39348&cat=15&scat=20">"Presidential election: Break-up of votes polled"</a>. <i>Greater Andhra</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Greater+Andhra&rft.atitle=Presidential+election%3A+Break-up+of+votes+polled&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fgreatandhra.com%2Fviewnews.php%3Fid%3D39348%26cat%3D15%26scat%3D20&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120724131911/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/live-counting-of-votes-begins-for-president-poll/272800-37-64.html">"President poll: I thank the people of India, says Pranab - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive"</a>. Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/live-counting-of-votes-begins-for-president-poll/272800-37-64.html">the original</a> on 24 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=President+poll%3A+I+thank+the+people+of+India%2C+says+Pranab+-+Politics+-+Politics+News+-+ibnlive&rft.pub=Ibnlive.in.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fibnlive.in.com%2Fnews%2Flive-counting-of-votes-begins-for-president-poll%2F272800-37-64.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPTI2012" class="citation news cs1">PTI (22 June 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3670000.ece">"News / National : Presidential election process was exceptionally partisan: Sangma"</a>. <i>The Hindu</i>. Chennai, India<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=News+%2F+National+%3A+Presidential+election+process+was+exceptionally+partisan%3A+Sangma&rft.date=2012-06-22&rft.au=PTI&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Farticle3670000.ece&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130126112945/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-presidential-poll-was-a-political-battle/272883-37-64.html">"This presidential poll was a political battle - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive"</a>. Ibnlive.in.com. 13 June 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-presidential-poll-was-a-political-battle/272883-37-64.html">the original</a> on 26 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=This+presidential+poll+was+a+political+battle+-+Politics+-+Politics+News+-+ibnlive&rft.pub=Ibnlive.in.com&rft.date=2012-06-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fibnlive.in.com%2Fnews%2Fthis-presidential-poll-was-a-political-battle%2F272883-37-64.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/congress-hits-out-at-pa-sangma_789112.html">"Congress hits out at PA Sangma"</a>. Zeenews.india.com. 22 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Congress+hits+out+at+PA+Sangma&rft.pub=Zeenews.india.com&rft.date=2012-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fzeenews.india.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fcongress-hits-out-at-pa-sangma_789112.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/prez-poll-bjp-miffed-over-cross-voting_789108.html">"Prez poll: BJP miffed over cross-voting"</a>. Zeenews.india.com. 22 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Prez+poll%3A+BJP+miffed+over+cross-voting&rft.pub=Zeenews.india.com&rft.date=2012-07-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fzeenews.india.com%2Fnews%2Fnation%2Fprez-poll-bjp-miffed-over-cross-voting_789108.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120724131951/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/now-we-have-a-corrupt-president-says-team-anna/273040-37-64.html">"Now we have a corrupt President, says Team Anna - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive"</a>. Ibnlive.in.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/now-we-have-a-corrupt-president-says-team-anna/273040-37-64.html">the original</a> on 24 July 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Now+we+have+a+corrupt+President%2C+says+Team+Anna+-+Politics+-+Politics+News+-+ibnlive&rft.pub=Ibnlive.in.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fibnlive.in.com%2Fnews%2Fnow-we-have-a-corrupt-president-says-team-anna%2F273040-37-64.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcdonald2012" class="citation news cs1">Mcdonald, Mark (4 July 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/which-is-better-for-india-rubber-stamp-or-partisan-president/">"Which is Better for India: Rubber Stamp or Partisan President? - NYTimes.com"</a>. Rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 July</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Which+is+Better+for+India%3A+Rubber+Stamp+or+Partisan+President%3F+-+NYTimes.com&rft.date=2012-07-04&rft.aulast=Mcdonald&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Frendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2012%2F07%2F04%2Fwhich-is-better-for-india-rubber-stamp-or-partisan-president%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A2012+Indian+presidential+election" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/presi_elec2012.aspx">Election Commission information on the presidential election</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/">Official Website of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat for the Presidential Election</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Media</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indianexpress.com/fullcoverage/presidential-poll/444/">Presidential poll 2012: Full Coverage</a> collected news and commentary at <i><a href="/wiki/The_Indian_Express" title="The Indian Express">The Indian Express</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120507060849/http://ibnlive.in.com/features/raceforpresident.html">Next President: Race for President, 2012</a> collected news and commentary at <i><a href="/wiki/CNN-IBN" class="mw-redirect" title="CNN-IBN">CNN-IBN</a></i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/gallery/presidential-polls-2012/1/6832.html">Coming up: Presidential Polls 2012</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=India&#124;link=India_Presidential_elections_in_India" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Indian_presidential_elections" title="Template:Indian presidential elections"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Indian_presidential_elections" title="Template talk:Indian presidential elections"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Indian_presidential_elections" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Indian presidential elections"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=India&#124;link=India_Presidential_elections_in_India" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_presidential_elections" title="List of Indian presidential elections">Presidential elections in India</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Indian_presidential_election" title="1950 Indian presidential election">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Indian_presidential_election" title="1952 Indian presidential election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Indian_presidential_election" title="1957 Indian presidential election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Indian_presidential_election" title="1962 Indian presidential election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Indian_presidential_election" title="1967 Indian presidential election">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Indian_presidential_election" title="1969 Indian presidential election">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Indian_presidential_election" title="1974 Indian presidential election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_presidential_election" title="1977 Indian presidential election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Indian_presidential_election" title="1982 Indian presidential election">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Indian_presidential_election" title="1987 Indian presidential election">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Indian_presidential_election" title="1992 Indian presidential election">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Indian_presidential_election" title="1997 Indian presidential election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Indian_presidential_election" title="2002 Indian presidential election">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Indian_presidential_election" title="2007 Indian presidential election">2007</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Indian_presidential_election" title="2017 Indian presidential election">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_presidential_election" title="2022 Indian presidential election">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Indian_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Next Indian presidential election"><i>2027</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&oldid=1251349419">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&oldid=1251349419</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:2012_elections_in_India" title="Category:2012 elections in India">2012 elections in India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Presidential_elections_in_India" title="Category:Presidential elections in India">Presidential elections in India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:July_2012_events_in_India" title="Category:July 2012 events in India">July 2012 events in India</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title" title="Category:CS1 maint: archived copy as title">CS1 maint: archived copy as title</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_pending_changes_protected_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia pending changes protected pages">Wikipedia pending changes protected pages</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_Indian_English_from_February_2014" title="Category:Use Indian English from February 2014">Use Indian English from February 2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_Indian_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English">All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_July_2020" title="Category:Use dmy dates from July 2020">Use dmy dates from July 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Elections_using_electoral_votes" title="Category:Elections using electoral votes">Elections using electoral votes</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 15 October 2024, at 18:29<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Indian_presidential_election&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container"> <div id="vector-sticky-header" class="vector-sticky-header"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-start"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" aria-hidden="true"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </button> </div> <div role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box"> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="vector-sticky-search-form" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia"> <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-sticky-header-toc-label" for="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="mw-page-title-main">2012 Indian presidential election</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-end" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icons"> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-talk-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="talk-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-subject-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="subject-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-history-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="history-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink" id="ca-watchstar-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="watch-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="wikitext-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-ve-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-viewsource-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-protected-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock"></span> <span></span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-buttons"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector" id="p-lang-btn-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language"></span> <span>14 languages</span> </button> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive" id="ca-addsection-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="addsection-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive"></span> <span>Add topic</span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-end"> <div class="vector-user-links"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-66fb676896-54kvm","wgBackendResponseTime":138,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.589","walltime":"0.723","ppvisitednodes":{"value":5725,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":84353,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":9770,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":19,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":10,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":113019,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 630.670 1 -total"," 33.52% 211.382 1 Template:Infobox_election"," 29.44% 185.652 1 Template:Reflist"," 17.52% 110.515 14 Template:Cite_web"," 15.07% 95.026 3 Template:Infobox_election/row"," 11.57% 72.973 1 Template:Indian_presidential_elections"," 11.29% 71.178 1 Template:Navbox"," 8.28% 52.235 1 Template:Short_description"," 7.79% 49.151 1 Template:Pp-pc1"," 7.52% 47.408 14 Template:Cite_news"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.366","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":9920697,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-66fb676896-fhvdj","timestamp":"20250118190444","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"2012 Indian presidential election","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_Indian_presidential_election","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q3085704","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q3085704","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2010-04-09T09:59:37Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/51\/Indian_presidential_election_2012.svg","headline":"14th Indian presidential election"}</script> </body> </html>