1982 Indian presidential election

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1982 Indian presidential election
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  1977 12 July 1982 1987  
 
President of India Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg
Nominee Zail Singh Hans Raj Khanna
Party INC(I) Independent
Home state Punjab Punjab
Electoral vote754,113282,685
Percentage72.73%27.27%

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President before election

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
JP

Elected President

Zail Singh
INC(I)

The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth presidential elections of India on 12 July 1982. Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival Hans Raj Khanna who got 282,685 votes. [1] Zail Singh was the first and till date only Sikh to be the President of India.

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Candidates

Potential opposition candidates included N. G. Goray former high commissioner to London, and Bhola Paswan Shastri, former Rajya Sabha member. [2]

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 June 1982. [3]

S.No.Poll EventDate
1.Last Date for filing nomination23 June 1982
2.Date for Scrutiny of nomination24 June 1982
3.Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination26 June 1982
4.Date of Poll12 July 1982
5.Date of Counting15 July 1982

Results

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

CandidateElectoral Values
Zail Singh 754,113
Hans Raj Khanna 282,685
Total1,036,798

See also

References

  1. http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India
  2. "Giani Zail Singh poised to become the seventh President of India". India Today. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  3. "Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  4. http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)