1982 Indian presidential election

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1982 Indian presidential election

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  President of India Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg
Nominee Zail Singh Hans Raj Khanna
Party INC Independent (India)
Home state Punjab Punjab
Electoral vote 754,113 282,685
Percentage 72.7% 27.3%

Präsidentschaftswahl Indien 1982.svg

President before election

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
JP

Elected President

Zail Singh
INC

The Election Commission of India held indirect 8th 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.

Results[edit]

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

Candidate Electoral Values
Zail Singh 754,113
Hans Raj Khanna 282,685
Total 1,036,798

References[edit]

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