1952 Indian presidential election

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1952 Indian presidential election
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  1950 2 May 1952 1957  
  Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg K.T. Shah.jpg
Nominee Rajendra Prasad K. T. Shah
Party INC Independent
Home state Bihar Bombay
Electoral vote507,40092,827
Percentage83.81%15.33%

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President before election

Rajendra Prasad (Interim)
INC

Elected President

Rajendra Prasad
INC

The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on 2 May 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival K. T. Shah who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).

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Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 April 1952. [1]

S.No.Poll EventDate
1.Last Date for filing nomination12 April 1952
2.Date for Scrutiny of nomination14 April 1952
3.Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination17 April 1952
4.Date of Poll2 May 1952
5.Date of Counting6 May 1952

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website [2] [3] [4]

CandidateElectoral Values
Rajendra Prasad 507,400
K. T. Shah 92,827
Lakshman Ganesh Thatte2,672
Chowdhry Hari Ram1,954
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee533
Total605,386

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