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Sunday, December 24, 2017

2017 Indian Presidential And Vice Presdiential Elections

Presidential elections

Ram Nath Kovind was elected as President of India, getting 702,044 votes, while his opponent Meira Kumar got 367,314 votes.

This presidential election had the highest-ever voter turnout of over 99 per cent. Of 771 MPs who had the right to vote, 756 cast their votes.

Vice presidential elections

Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi lost to M. Venkaiah Naidu in the vice presidential elections. Mr. Naidu secured a total of 516 votes, and Mr. Gandhi 244 votes.Of those who didn’t exercise their franchise, Trinamool Congress Members had the largest block of absentees.

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