Election Commission13-June, 2012 11:40 IST
Facts at Glance- Presidential Elections from 1952 to 2007

 

 

Date of Poll

Electoral College

No. of Votes for Each Member

No. of Contesting Candidates

Elected

Votes Secured 

Date of Assumption of Office

1st Presidential Election

02.05.1952

Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 23 State Legislative Assemblies. Total Electors 4056

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

Five

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

5,07,400

13.05.1952

2nd Presidential Election

06.05.1957

Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 14 State Legislative Assemblies.

Each M.Ps = 496 votes

 

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

Three

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

4,59,698

13.05.1957

3rd Presidential Election

07.05.1962

Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 15 State Legislative Assemblies.

Each MPs= 493votes

 

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

 

 

Three

Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

5,53,067

13.05.1962

4th Presidential Election

06.05.1967

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (520) , Rajya Sabha (228) and 17 State Legislative Assemblies (3383)

Each MPs= 576 votes

 

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

Seventeen

Dr. Zakir Hussain

4,71,244

13.05.1967

5th Presidential Election

16.08.1969

 

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Fifteen

Shri V.V. Giri

4,01,515

24.08.1969

6th Presidential Election

17.08.1974

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (521) , Rajya Sabha (230) and 21 State Legislative Assemblies (3654)

Each MPs = 723 votes

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

 

Two

Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

7,65,587

24.08.1974

7th Presidential Election

06.08.1977

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (524) , Rajya Sabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3776)

Each MPs = 702 votes

 

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

One

Shri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy

Elected unopposed

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

25.07.1977

8th Presidential Election

12.07.1982

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (524) , Rajya Sabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3827)

Each MPs = 702 votes

 

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

Two

Gyani Zail Singh

7,54,113

25.07.1982

9th Presidential Election

13.07.1987

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3919)

Each MPs = 702 votes

 

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

Three

Shri R. Venkataraman

7,40,148

25.07.1987

10th Presidential Election

13.07.1992

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3972)

Each MPs = 702 votes

 

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

Four

Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma

6,75,804

25.07.1992

11th Presidential Election

14.07.1997

Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 27 State Legislative Assemblies (4072)

Each MPs = 708 votes

 

No of votes of each MLAs differed from state to state.

Two

Shri K.R. Narayanan

9,56,290

25.07.1997

12th Presidential Election

15.07.2002

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

Each MPs = 708 votes

 

No of votes of each MLAs differed from state to state.

Two

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

9,22,884

25.07.2002

13th Presidential Election

19.07.2007

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

Each MPs = 708 votes

 

No of votes of each MLAs differed from state to state.

Two

Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil

6,38,116

25.07.2007

 

Important Points :-

 

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

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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