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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">5</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-National_Democratic_Alliance" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Democratic_Alliance"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>National Democratic Alliance</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Democratic_Alliance-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_Opposition_(India)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_Opposition_(India)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>United Opposition (India)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_Opposition_(India)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Potential_candidates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Potential_candidates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Potential candidates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Potential_candidates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Campaign</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Controversy" 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class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Breakdown</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Breakdown-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reactions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reactions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Reactions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reactions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </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 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data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B5%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%82_%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD_%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1_2022" title="Προεδρικές εκλογές στην Ινδία 2022 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Προεδρικές εκλογές στην Ινδία 2022" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elecciones_presidenciales_de_India_de_2022" title="Elecciones presidenciales de India de 2022 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Elecciones presidenciales de India de 2022" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</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_2022" title="Élection présidentielle indienne de 2022 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Élection présidentielle indienne de 2022" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5,_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A8" title="भारतीय राष्ट्रपति चुनाव, २०२२ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारतीय राष्ट्रपति चुनाव, २०२२" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemilihan_presiden_India_2022" title="Pemilihan presiden India 2022 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pemilihan presiden India 2022" 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/2022_%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%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" title="2022 ഇന്ത്യൻ പ്രസിഡന്റ് തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="2022 ഇന്ത്യൻ പ്രസിഡന്റ് തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95,_%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A8" title="भारतीय राष्ट्रपती निवडणूक, २०२२ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भारतीय राष्ट्रपती निवडणूक, २०२२" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022%E5%B9%B4%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E5%A4%A7%E7%B5%B1%E9%A0%98%E9%81%B8%E6%8C%99" title="2022年インド大統領選挙 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="2022年インド大統領選挙" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B2%DB%B2%D8%A1" title="بھارتی صدارتی انتخابات ۲۰۲۲ء – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بھارتی صدارتی انتخابات ۲۰۲۲ء" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</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_(2022)" title="Президентские выборы в Индии (2022) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Президентские выборы в Индии (2022)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%9B_%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%B1_%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A2_%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%AE_%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%AA%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A3_%E1%B1%92%E1%B1%90%E1%B1%92%E1%B1%92" title="ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱱᱟᱣ ᱒᱐᱒᱒ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱜᱚᱢᱠᱮ ᱵᱟᱪᱷᱱᱟᱣ ᱒᱐᱒᱒" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Indian_presidential_election" title="2022 Indian presidential election – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" 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style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2017_Indian_presidential_election" title="2017 Indian presidential election">2017</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>18 July 2022<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2022-07-18</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/Next_Indian_presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Next Indian presidential election">Next</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">99.12% (1.83%<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" 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Sinha IMF.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg/100px-Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg/150px-Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg/200px-Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1044" data-file-height="1500" /></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/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</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/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">TMC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_Opposition_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Opposition (2022)">UO</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Home state </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Electoral vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>676,803</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">380,177 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">States carried </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>21 + <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">PY</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7 + <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">NCT</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>64.03%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">35.97% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1.62% <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> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1.62% <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></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.svg/300px-2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.svg/450px-2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.svg/600px-2022_Indian_Presidential_Election.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/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</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/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2022 Indian presidential election</b> was the 16th presidential election in India held on 18 July 2022 to elect the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a>. The incumbent president <a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a> did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> won the election by a margin of 296,626 votes against <a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Opposition_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Opposition (2022)">United Opposition</a> candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Murmu became the first <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scheduled_Tribes_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Scheduled Tribes in India">member of a Scheduled Tribe</a> and second woman to become president, as well as the first president born after independence.<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><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><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> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a> is <a href="/wiki/Indirect_election" title="Indirect election">indirectly elected</a> by an <a href="/wiki/Electoral_College_(India)" title="Electoral College (India)">electoral college</a> consisting of the elected members of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">parliament</a>, the elected members of the <a href="/wiki/State_legislative_assemblies_of_India" title="State legislative assemblies of India">legislative assemblies</a> of the <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">28 states</a>, and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the <a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">union territories</a> of <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puducherry_(union_territory)" title="Puducherry (union territory)">Puducherry</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>. As of 2022, the electoral college comprises 776 members of Parliament (<a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">MPs</a>) and 4,033 members of Legislative Assembly (<a href="/wiki/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Legislative Assembly (India)">MLAs</a>) not counting the 90 MLAs of the dissolved <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly" title="Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly">Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a> assigns varying numbers of votes to electoral college members, such that the total weight of MPs and MLAs is roughly equal and that the voting power of a state or territory is proportional to its population. Overall, the members of the electoral college are eligible to cast 1,086,431 votes, yielding a threshold for a majority of 543,216 votes.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> through single transferable system with proportional representation </p><p><br /> For a candidate to be in the president's office, they must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The election is held by means of a <a href="/wiki/Secret_ballot" title="Secret ballot">secret ballot</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">instant-runoff voting</a> system.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The manner of election of the president is provided by Article 55 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a>. </p><p>Article 58 of the Indian Constitution provides that the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">vice president</a> of India must be citizens of India and at least 35 years old.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Candidates for the presidency typically seek the nomination of one of the political parties, in which case each party devises a method (such as a <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary election</a>) to choose the candidate the party deems best suited to run for the position. Traditionally, the primary elections are <a href="/wiki/Indirect_election" title="Indirect election">indirect elections</a> where voters cast ballots for a slate of party delegates pledged to a particular candidate. The party's delegates then officially nominate a candidate to run on the party's behalf. The general election in July is an indirect election, where voters cast ballots for a slate of members of the Electoral College; these electors in turn directly elect the president and vice president.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>By convention, the secretary general of the Lok Sabha and the secretary general of the Rajya Sabha are appointed as the <a href="/wiki/Returning_officer" title="Returning officer">returning officers</a> by rotation. For the 2017 presidential election, the secretary general of the Lok Sabha was appointed as a returning officer. Therefore, for the 2022 presidential election, the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha">secretary general of the Rajya Sabha</a>, Shri P.C. Mody, was appointed as the returning officer in notification by ECI on 13 June 2022.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_schedule">Election schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Election schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under sub-section 1 of Section 4 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act of 1952, the election schedule for the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a> was announced by the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a> on 9 June 2022.<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><sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No. </th> <th><b>Event</b> </th> <th><b>Date</b> </th> <th><b>Day</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th>1. </th> <td>Issue of election commission's notification calling the election </td> <td>15 June 2022 </td> <td rowspan="2">Wednesday </td></tr> <tr> <th>2. </th> <td>Last date for making nominations </td> <td>29 June 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3. </th> <td>Date for the scrutiny of nominations </td> <td>30 June 2022 </td> <td>Thursday </td></tr> <tr> <th>4. </th> <td>Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures </td> <td>2 July 2022 </td> <td>Saturday </td></tr> <tr> <th>5. </th> <td>Date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken </td> <td>18 July 2022 </td> <td>Monday </td></tr> <tr> <th>6. </th> <td>Date on which counting, if required, shall be taken </td> <td>21 July 2022 </td> <td>Thursday </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_college">Electoral college</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Electoral college"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2022_Indian_presidential_election" title="Special:EditPage/2022 Indian presidential election">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 54%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">147 / 543 (27%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 27%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">103 / 543 (19%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td>543 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> </th> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">120 / 233 (52%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 52%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">49 / 233 (21%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 21%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">74 / 233 (32%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 32%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><b>228</b> <br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(excluding 5 vacant seats)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/State_legislative_assemblies_of_India" title="State legislative assemblies of India">State Legislative Assemblies</a> </th> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">2,136 / 4,036 (53%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 53%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1,224 / 4,036 (30%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1,253 / 4,036 (31%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 31%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><b>4,025</b> <br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(excluding 7 vacant seats)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total </th> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">2,234 / 4,796 (47%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 47%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1,200 / 4,796 (25%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">1,430 / 4,796 (30%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 30%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <th>4,796 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electoral_college_vote_value_composition">Electoral college vote value composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Electoral college vote value composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">House </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td bgcolor="#DDDDBB"> </td> <th rowspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">UPA</a> </th> <th>Others </th></tr> <tr> <th>Lok Sabha votes </th> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">244,300 / 380,100 (64%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 64%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">63,700 / 380,100 (17%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">72,100 / 380,100 (19%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 19%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><b>380,100</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Rajya Sabha votes </th> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">72,800 / 159,600 (46%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 46%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">35,000 / 159,600 (22%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 22%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">51,800 / 159,600 (32%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 32%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><b>159,600</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(excluding 5 vacant seats)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}} </th> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">145,384 / 542,291 (27%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 27%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">177,528 / 542,291 (33%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><b>542,291</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(excluding 7 vacant seats)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total votes </th> <th><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">536,447 / 1,081,991 (50%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #F98C1F; color:inherit; width: 50%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </th> <th><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">246,184 / 1,081,991 (23%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #00BFFF; color:inherit; width: 23%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </th> <th><div style="width: px;"><span class="nowrap">299,328 / 1,081,991 (28%)</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #DDDDBB; color:inherit; width: 28%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </th> <th>1,081,991 </th></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>All 4 <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> seats and 90 State Legislative Assembly seats of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> were vacant, as the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Legislative_Assembly" title="Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly">Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly</a> was dissolved.</li> <li>The lone Rajya Sabha seat of <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> was vacant.</li> <li>Seven seats of the <a href="/wiki/State_legislative_assemblies_of_India" title="State legislative assemblies of India">state legislative assemblies</a> across various states (4 of <a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly" title="Gujarat Legislative Assembly">Gujarat</a>, 1 each of <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tripura_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tripura Legislative Assembly">Tripura</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">West Bengal</a>) are also vacant.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Party-wise_vote_(projection)"><span id="Party-wise_vote_.28projection.29"></span>Party-wise vote (projection)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Party-wise vote (projection)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/2022_Indian_presidential_election" title="Special:EditPage/2022 Indian presidential election">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Alliance </th> <th colspan="2">Parties </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Members of Lok Sabha</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Members of Rajya Sabha</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Members of State Legislative Assemblies</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="54" style="background-color:#F98C1F"> </th> <th rowspan="54">BJP Candidate </th> <th rowspan="34"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance"><b>NDA</b></a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a></b> </td> <td>212,100 </td> <td>63,700 </td> <td>185,036 </td> <td>458,036 </td> <td><b>42.33%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">JD(U)</a> </td> <td>11,200 </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td>7,901 </td> <td>22,601 </td> <td><b>2.09%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>2,800 </td> <td>11,440 </td> <td>14,940 </td> <td><b>1.38%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Apna_Dal_(Sonelal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apna Dal (Sonelal)">AD(S)</a> </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2,496 </td> <td>3,896 </td> <td><b>0.36%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party">RLJP</a> </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td><b>0.32%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">AGP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>1,044 </td> <td>1,744 </td> <td><b>0.16%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizo_National_Front" title="Mizo National Front">MNF</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>244 </td> <td>1,644 </td> <td><b>0.15%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">PMK</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>880 </td> <td>1,580 </td> <td><b>0.15%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Naga_People%27s_Front" title="Naga People's Front">NPF</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>126 </td> <td>1,526 </td> <td><b>0.14%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Party_Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="United People's Party Liberal">UPPL</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>812 </td> <td>1,512 </td> <td><b>0.14%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Party_(India)" title="National People's Party (India)">NPP</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>549 </td> <td>1,249 </td> <td><b>0.12%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/NISHAD_Party" title="NISHAD Party">NISHAD</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1,248 </td> <td>1,248 </td> <td><b>0.12%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jananayak_Janata_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jananayak Janata Party">JJP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1,120 </td> <td>1,120 </td> <td><b>0.10%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Democratic_Progressive_Party" title="Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party">NDPP</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>378 </td> <td>1,078 </td> <td><b>0.10%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_Jharkhand_Students_Union" title="All Jharkhand Students Union">AJSU</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>352 </td> <td>1,052 </td> <td><b>0.10%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Krantikari_Morcha" title="Sikkim Krantikari Morcha">SKM</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>133 </td> <td>833 </td> <td rowspan="18"><b>0.47%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India_(Athawale)" title="Republican Party of India (Athawale)">RPI(A)</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Manila_Congress_(Moopanar)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Manila Congress (Moopanar)">TMC(M)</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_Awam_Morcha" title="Hindustani Awam Morcha">HAM</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>692 </td> <td>692 </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Prahar_Janshakti_Party" title="Prahar Janshakti Party">PJP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>350 </td> <td>350 </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_People%27s_Front" title="Bodoland People's Front">BPF</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>348 </td> <td>348 </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_People%27s_Front_of_Tripura" title="Indigenous People's Front of Tripura">IPFT</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>182 </td> <td>182 </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Jaganmoorthy" title="M. Jaganmoorthy">PBK</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>176 </td> <td>176 </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janathipathiya_Samrakshana_Samithy" title="Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy">JSS</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>175 </td> <td>175 </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Samaj_Paksha" title="Rashtriya Samaj Paksha">RSP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>175 </td> <td>175 </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_N.R._Congress" title="All India N.R. Congress">AINRC</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>160 </td> <td>160 </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jana_Sena_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Jana Sena Party">JSP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>159 </td> <td>159 </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Party_(Meghalaya)" title="United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)">UDP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>136 </td> <td>136 </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Lokhit_Party" title="Haryana Lokhit Party">HLP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>112 </td> <td>112 </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Front_(Meghalaya)" title="People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)">PDF</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>68 </td> <td>68 </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">MGP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>40 </td> <td>40 </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuki_People%27s_Alliance" title="Kuki People's Alliance">KPA</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>36 </td> <td>36 </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hill_State_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Hill State People's Democratic Party">HSPDP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>34 </td> <td>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>4,340 </td> <td>7,140 </td> <td><b>0.66%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Total of NDA </th> <th>528,942 </th> <th><b>48.89%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="18">Non-NDA </th> <th>35 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a><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> </td> <td>15,400 </td> <td>6,300 </td> <td>24,009 </td> <td>45,709 </td> <td><b>4.22%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">BJD</a><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> </td> <td>8,400 </td> <td>6,300 </td> <td>16,986 </td> <td>31,686 </td> <td><b>2.93%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">BSP</a><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> </td> <td>7,000 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>710 </td> <td>8,410 </td> <td><b>0.78%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">SS</a> (Shinde) </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7,000 </td> <td>7,000 </td> <td><b>0.65%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">JMM</a><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> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>5,280 </td> <td>6,680 </td> <td><b>0.62%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JD(S)</a><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> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>4,496 </td> <td>5,896 </td> <td><b>0.54%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>41 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">SAD</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>348 </td> <td>1,748 </td> <td><b>0.16%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>42 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Vikas_Aghadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahujan Vikas Aghadi">BVA</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>525 </td> <td>525 </td> <td><b>0.05</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>43 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Democratic_Front" title="Sikkim Democratic Front">SDF</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>707 </td> <td><b>0.07</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>44 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party_(Ram_Vilas)" title="Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)">LJP(RV)</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td><b>0.06</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>45 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janta_Congress_Chhattisgarh" title="Janta Congress Chhattisgarh">JCC</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>387 </td> <td rowspan="4">1153 </td> <td rowspan="4"><b>0.11%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>46 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Navnirman_Sena" title="Maharashtra Navnirman Sena">MNS</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>175 </td></tr> <tr> <th>47 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Peasants_and_Workers_Party_of_India" title="Peasants and Workers Party of India">PWPI</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>175 </td></tr> <tr> <th>48 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jansatta_Dal_(Loktantrik)" title="Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik)">JD(L)</a><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> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>416 </td></tr> <tr> <th>49 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">SS</a> (Uddhav) </td> <td>13,300 </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>2,800 </td> <td>18,200 </td> <td><b>1.68%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>50 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Suheldev_Bharatiya_Samaj_Party" title="Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party">SBSP</a><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> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1,248 </td> <td>1,248 </td> <td><b>0.12%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>51 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">TDP</a> </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>3,657 </td> <td>6,457 </td> <td><b>0.60%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>52 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Loktantrik_Party" title="Rashtriya Loktantrik Party">RLP</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>387 </td> <td>1,087 </td> <td><b>0.10%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Non-NDA Backing BJP Candidate </th> <th>137,206 </th> <th>12.69% </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color:#F98C1F">Total Votes for BJP Candidate </th> <th>666,148 </th> <th>61.58% </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="40" style="background-color:#04FF21"> </th> <th rowspan="40">Opposition candidate (<a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">AITC</a>) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> </th> <th>1 </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a></b> </td> <td>16,100 </td> <td>9,100 </td> <td>33,432 </td> <td>58,632 </td> <td><b>5.42%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="17"><a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance"><b>UPA</b></a> </th> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>37,100 </td> <td>21,700 </td> <td>88,578 </td> <td>147,378 </td> <td><b>13.62%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td>16,800 </td> <td>7,000 </td> <td>22,096 </td> <td>45,896 </td> <td><b>4.24%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">NCP</a> </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td>2,800 </td> <td>9,919 </td> <td>16,219 </td> <td><b>1.50%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td>2,280 </td> <td>5,780 </td> <td><b>0.53%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_National_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir National Conference">JKNC</a> </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td><b>0.19%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Chiruthaigal_Katchi" title="Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi">VCK</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>704 </td> <td>1,404 </td> <td><b>0.13%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">MDMK</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>704 </td> <td>1,404 </td> <td><b>0.13%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td rowspan="9"><b>0.20%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Manithaneya_Makkal_Katchi" title="Manithaneya Makkal Katchi">MMK</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>352 </td> <td>352 </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>304 </td> <td>304 </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kongu_Desa_Makkal_Katchi" title="Kongu Desa Makkal Katchi">KMDK</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>176 </td> <td>176 </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td>TVK </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>176 </td> <td>176 </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">KC(J)</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td>NCK </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Marxist_Party_of_India" title="Revolutionary Marxist Party of India">RMPI</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Goa_Forward_Party" title="Goa Forward Party">GFP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>2,264 </td> <td>2,964 </td> <td><b>0.27%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Total of UPA + AITC </th> <th>283,961 </th> <th><b>26.23%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">SP+ </th> <th>19 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">SP</a> </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>23,438 </td> <td>27,638 </td> <td><b>2.55%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Dal" title="Rashtriya Lok Dal">RLD</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>1,793 </td> <td>2,493 </td> <td><b>0.23%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent politicians">Independents</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td><b>0.06%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="10">Left </th> <th>22 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>2,100 </td> <td>3,500 </td> <td>11,086 </td> <td>16,686 </td> <td><b>1.54%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td>3,457 </td> <td>6,257 </td> <td><b>0.58%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_Liberation" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation">CPI(ML)L</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2,252 </td> <td>2,252 </td> <td><b>0.21%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Mani)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Congress (Mani)">KC(M)</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>700 </td> <td>760 </td> <td>2,160 </td> <td><b>0.20%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Congress_(Secular)" title="Congress (Secular)">C(S)</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td> <td rowspan="6">1520 </td> <td rowspan="6"><b>0.14%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">INL</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janadhipathya_Kerala_Congress" title="Janadhipathya Kerala Congress">JKC</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">KC(B)</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td>NSC </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>152 </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>760 </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="7">Others </th> <th>32 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana_Rashtra_Samithi" class="mw-redirect" title="Telangana Rashtra Samithi">TRS</a> </td> <td>6,300 </td> <td>4,900 </td> <td>13,596 </td> <td>24,796 </td> <td><b>2.29%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="Aam Aadmi Party">AAP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>7,000 </td> <td>14,308 </td> <td>21,308 </td> <td><b>1.97%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>4,200 </td> <td>13,476 </td> <td>17,676 </td> <td><b>1.63%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Majlis-e-Ittehadul_Muslimeen" title="All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen">AIMIM</a> </td> <td>1,400 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2,139 </td> <td>3,539 </td> <td><b>0.33%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_United_Democratic_Front" title="All India United Democratic Front">AIUDF</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1,740 </td> <td>2,440 </td> <td><b>0.23%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Gorkha_Janmukti_Morcha" title="Gorkha Janmukti Morcha">GJM</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>151 </td> <td>151 </td> <td><b>0.01%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Secular_Front" title="Indian Secular Front">ISF</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>151 </td> <td>151 </td> <td><b>0.01%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="6">Non-UPA Backing Opposition candidate </th> <th>129,767 </th> <th><b>11.98%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color:#F8F9FA">Total Votes for Opposition candidate </th> <th>413,728 </th> <th><b>38.29%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="9" style="background-color:#DDDDBB"> </th> <th rowspan="9">Others </th> <th rowspan="9">Undecided </th> <th>1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Tribal_Party" title="Bharatiya Tribal Party">BTP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>552 </td> <td>552 </td> <td><b>0.05%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal_(Amritsar)" title="Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)">SAD(A)</a> </td> <td>700 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>700 </td> <td rowspan="7"><b>0.11%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Swabhimani_Paksha" title="Swabhimani Paksha">SWP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>175 </td> <td>175 </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Raijor_Dal" title="Raijor Dal">RD</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>116 </td> <td>116 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Lok_Dal" title="Indian National Lok Dal">INLD</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>112 </td> <td>112 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Zoram_People%27s_Movement" title="Zoram People's Movement">ZPM</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>48 </td> <td>48 </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Goans_Party" title="Revolutionary Goans Party">RGP</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Khun_Hynniewtrep_National_Awakening_Movement" title="Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement">KHNAM</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>17 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>363 </td> <td>363 </td> <td><b>0.03%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="background-color:#DDDDBB">Total of Undecided </th> <th>2,103 </th> <th><b>0.19%</b> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="5">Total </th> <th><b>380,100</b> </th> <th><b>159,600</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(5 Vacant)</span> </th> <th><b>542,291</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(7 Vacant)</span> </th> <th rowspan="1"><b>1,081,991</b> </th> <th rowspan="1"><b>100%</b> </th></tr></tbody></table> <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=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 June 2022, <a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">AITC</a> leader, was unanimously chosen as the common candidate of <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">UPA</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Opposition_(India)" title="United Opposition (India)">other opposition parties</a> for the 2022 presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the same day, <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> chose <a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> as its presidential candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Democratic_Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National Democratic Alliance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Born </th> <th>Alliance </th> <th>Positions held </th> <th>Home state </th> <th>Date announced </th> <th class="unsortable">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Murmu"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_(4x5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_%284x5%29.jpg/100px-Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_%284x5%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_%284x5%29.jpg/150px-Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_%284x5%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_%284x5%29.jpg/200px-Droupadi_Murmu_official_portrait_%284x5%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3712" data-file-height="4643" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> </p> </td> <td>20 June 1958 (aged 64) <br /><a href="/wiki/Mayurbhanj_district" title="Mayurbhanj district">Baidaposi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a>) </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Jharkhand" title="List of governors of Jharkhand">Governor of Jharkhand</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2015–2021)</span></li> <li>Member of the <a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Odisha Legislative Assembly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Rairangpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Rairangpur Assembly constituency">Rairangpur</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000–2009)</span></li> <li>Minister of State in the Odisha Government <span style="font-size:85%;">(2000–2004)</span></li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">21 June 2022 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:2_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_Opposition_(India)"><span id="United_Opposition_.28India.29"></span>United Opposition (India)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: United Opposition (India)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Opposition_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Opposition (2022)">United Opposition (2022)</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Born </th> <th>Alliance </th> <th>Positions held </th> <th>Home state </th> <th>Date announced </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td data-sort-value="Sinha"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg/100px-Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg/150px-Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg/200px-Yashwant_Sinha_IMF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1044" data-file-height="1500" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</a> </td> <td>6 November 1937 (aged 84)<br /><a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Opposition_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Opposition (2022)">United Opposition</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">TMC</a>) </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs Minister of India</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002–2004)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_in_Rajya_Sabha" title="Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha">Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1991)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Finance Minister of India</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990–1991, 1998–2002)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Hazaribagh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency">Hazaribagh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–2004, 2009–14)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> from <span style="font-size:85%;">(2004–2009)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> from <span style="font-size:85%;">(1988–1994)</span></li></ul> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> </td> <td>21 June 2022 </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-:1_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Potential_candidates">Potential candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Potential candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Vice President –</li> <li>Gopalkrishna Gandhi<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></li> <li>Sharad Pawar<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></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During her election campaign, Murmu visited various states seeking support. Several opposition parties, including <a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">BJD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">JMM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party" title="Bahujan Samaj Party">BSP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiv_Sena" title="Shiv Sena">SS</a>, <a href="/wiki/YSR_Congress_Party" title="YSR Congress Party">YSRCP</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">SAD</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a>, announced support for her candidature prior to polling.<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><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><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><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Congress</a> filed a complaint with the Election Commission against Droupadi Murmu and BJP leaders, alleging poll code violation in Karnataka. The <a href="/wiki/Congress_party" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress party">Indian National Congress</a> alleged that the ruling BJP had influenced the MLAs by offering <a href="/wiki/Bribery" title="Bribery">bribes</a> and other inducements in violation of the election code. The MLAs were called for training on voting in the presidential election and allegedly provided luxurious rooms, meals, liquor, drinks and entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"> <caption>Results of the 2022 Indian presidential election<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Candidate </th> <th>Coalition </th> <th>Individual<br />votes </th> <th>Electoral<br />College votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F98C1F"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> </td> <td>2,824 </td> <td>676,803 </td> <td>64.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#04FF21"> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</a> </td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/United_Opposition_(2022)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Opposition (2022)">United Opposition</a> </td> <td>1,877 </td> <td>380,177 </td> <td>35.97 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="left">Valid votes </td> <td>4,701 </td> <td>1,056,980 </td> <td>98.89 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="left">Blank and invalid votes </td> <td>53 </td> <td>15,397 </td> <td>1.11 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="left"><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>4,754</b> </td> <td><b>1,072,377</b> </td> <td><b>100</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="left">Registered voters / Turnout </td> <td>4,809 </td> <td>1,086,431 </td> <td>98.86 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breakdown">Breakdown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Breakdown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>State/UT </th> <th>Electors </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha</a> </th> <th>Invalid </th> <th>Abstain </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Members of Parliament</a> </td> <td>771 </td> <td><b>540</b> </td> <td>208 </td> <td>15 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Andhra Pradesh</a> </td> <td>175 </td> <td><b>173</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Arunachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td><b>55</b> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Assam_Legislative_Assembly" title="Assam Legislative Assembly">Assam</a> </td> <td>126 </td> <td><b>104</b> </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bihar_Legislative_Assembly" title="Bihar Legislative Assembly">Bihar</a> </td> <td>243 </td> <td><b>133</b> </td> <td>106 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly">Chhattisgarh</a> </td> <td>90 </td> <td>21 </td> <td><b>69</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Goa_Legislative_Assembly" title="Goa Legislative Assembly">Goa</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td><b>28</b> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly" title="Gujarat Legislative Assembly">Gujarat</a> </td> <td>178 </td> <td><b>121</b> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Legislative_Assembly" title="Haryana Legislative Assembly">Haryana</a> </td> <td>90 </td> <td><b>59</b> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Himachal Pradesh</a> </td> <td>68 </td> <td><b>45</b> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="Jharkhand Legislative Assembly">Jharkhand</a> </td> <td>81 </td> <td><b>70</b> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Karnataka</a> </td> <td>224 </td> <td><b>150</b> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala</a> </td> <td>140 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><b>139</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Madhya Pradesh</a> </td> <td>230 </td> <td><b>146</b> </td> <td>79 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_Legislative_Assembly" title="Maharashtra Legislative Assembly">Maharashtra</a> </td> <td>287 </td> <td><b>181</b> </td> <td>98 </td> <td>4 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manipur_Legislative_Assembly" title="Manipur Legislative Assembly">Manipur</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td><b>54</b> </td> <td>6 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Legislative_Assembly" title="Meghalaya Legislative Assembly">Meghalaya</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td><b>47</b> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_Legislative_Assembly" title="Mizoram Legislative Assembly">Mizoram</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td><b>29</b> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Legislative_Assembly" title="Nagaland Legislative Assembly">Nagaland</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td><b>59</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Odisha</a> </td> <td>147 </td> <td><b>137</b> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Punjab_Legislative_Assembly" title="Punjab Legislative Assembly">Punjab</a> </td> <td>117 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><b>101</b> </td> <td>5 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Rajasthan Legislative Assembly">Rajasthan</a> </td> <td>200 </td> <td>75 </td> <td><b>123</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkim_Legislative_Assembly" title="Sikkim Legislative Assembly">Sikkim</a> </td> <td>32 </td> <td><b>32</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly">Tamil Nadu</a> </td> <td>234 </td> <td>75 </td> <td><b>158</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Telangana_Legislative_Assembly" title="Telangana Legislative Assembly">Telangana</a> </td> <td>119 </td> <td>3 </td> <td><b>113</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tripura_Legislative_Assembly" title="Tripura Legislative Assembly">Tripura</a> </td> <td>59 </td> <td><b>41</b> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Uttar Pradesh</a> </td> <td>403 </td> <td><b>287</b> </td> <td>111 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_Legislative_Assembly" title="Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly">Uttarakhand</a> </td> <td>70 </td> <td><b>51</b> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">West Bengal</a> </td> <td>293 </td> <td>71 </td> <td><b>216</b> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Legislative_Assembly" title="Delhi Legislative Assembly">Delhi</a> </td> <td>70 </td> <td>8 </td> <td><b>56</b> </td> <td>4 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Puducherry_Legislative_Assembly" title="Puducherry Legislative Assembly">Puducherry</a> </td> <td>30 </td> <td><b>20</b> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td>4,796 </td> <td>2,824 </td> <td>1,877 </td> <td>53 </td> <td>42 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left;" colspan="7"><small>Source: <sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (July 2022)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reactions">Reactions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Reactions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Right after Murmu was announced as the winner, numerous congratulations and wishes from other world leaders were posted on social media. Russian President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> extended his greetings to Droupadi Murmu for being elected as the president of India and hoped for further development of the Russian–Indian political dialogue and productive cooperation in different areas under her leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President of the United States <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> congratulated her and stated her victory was the "strength of Indian democracy".<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese President <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> congratulated her and said that he would be willing to work with her to enhance political mutual trust between China and India.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presidents of <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, and other countries also congratulated her.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the election results came out, tribal communities in several states celebrated her victory.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many minority tribal communities in Bangladesh, including the <a href="/wiki/Santal_people" title="Santal people">Santal</a> community, congratulated Murmu.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_elections_in_India" title="2022 elections in India">2022 elections in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_vice_presidential_election" title="2022 Indian vice presidential election">2022 Indian vice presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_presidential_elections" title="List of Indian presidential elections">List of Indian presidential elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_India" title="List of presidents of India">List of presidents of India</a></li></ul> <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=2022_Indian_presidential_election&action=edit&section=17" 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 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