Droupadi Murmu elected 15th president of India
Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha congratulated her for securing the post.
Droupadi Murmu, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance candidate, has been elected 15th president of India.
Murmu will be the first Adivasi woman to hold the post. The 64-year-old is from Odisha and has served as the governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.
After four rounds of polling, Murmu received 2,824 votes of 6,76,803 value while Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha received 1,877 votes or 3,80,177 value, The Hindu reported. She received 64.03% of total valid votes polled.
“In my capacity as Returning Officer duly declare that Smt. Droupadi Murmu has been duly elected as President of India,” said PC Mody, secretary general of the Rajya Sabha.
Political leaders across the party lines congratulated Murmu on her expected win.
“Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to Droupadi Murmu on being elected as the 15th President of India,” outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Murmu at her house in New Delhi to congratulate her.
“India scripts history,” Modi said in a tweet. “...A daughter of India hailing from a tribal community born in a remote part of eastern India has been elected our President!”
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets and congratulates #DroupadiMurmu on being elected as the new President of the country. BJP national president JP Nadda is also present.
— ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2022
Visuals from her residence in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/c4ENPKOWys
India scripts history. At a time when 1.3 billion Indians are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a daughter of India hailing from a tribal community born in a remote part of eastern India has been elected our President!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 21, 2022
Congratulations to Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji on this feat.
Murmu’s rival candidate, Sinha, also congratulated her on the victory.
“I join my fellow citizens in congratulating Smt Droupadi Murmu on her victory in the Presidential Election 2022,” Sinha wrote in a Tweet. “India hopes that as the 15th President of the Republic she functions as the custodian of the Constitution without fear or favour.”
I join my fellow citizens in congratulating Smt Droupadi Murmu on her victory in the Presidential Election 2022.
— Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) July 21, 2022
India hopes that as the 15th President of the Republic she functions as the Custodian of the Constitution without fear or favour. pic.twitter.com/0gG3pdvTor
More leaders congratulated Murmu:
Heartfelt congratulations Smt Droupadi Murmu on being elected as the President of India. My best wishes to you as you prepare to take up the responsibilities and charge of your esteemed office.
— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) July 21, 2022
Wishing you success in your tenure as President.@DroupadiMurmu__ #DroupadiMurmu
I would like to congratulate Hon'ble Presidential Elect Smt Draupadi Murmu.
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 21, 2022
The country will sincerely look up to you as the Head of State to protect the ideals of our Constitution & be the custodian of our democracy, especially when nation is plagued with so many dissensions.
Congratulations and best wishes to Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji on being elected as the 15th President of India.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 21, 2022
Smt Droupadi Murmu polled 104 votes compared to NDA’s original strength of 79 in the 126 member Assam Assembly. 2 absent .
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 21, 2022
My heartfelt gratitude to the people of Assam for reposing their faith in the NDA’s Presidential candidate & wholeheartedly joining this historic moment.
Hearty congratulations to Hon'ble Droupadi Murmu avl on being elected to the highest constitutional position of India. Emerging from the oppressed sections of the society, we strongly believe that you will stand by silenced voices to ensure a thriving constitutional democracy. pic.twitter.com/vbQnPReb19
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) July 21, 2022
The counting of votes to elect the 15th president of India began at 11 am on Thursday in Parliament, the Election Commission said.
Kovind’s tenure will end on July 24 and the next president will take oath on July 25. Nearly 4,800 MP and MLAs voted on Monday to elect the next president of India.
Murmu had emerged as the front runner with several Opposition parties also announcing their support for her. The Opposition parties had jointly picked former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their candidate.
Murmu’s vote share is expected to cross 60% due to support from non-NDA parties like the Shiv Sena Biju Janata Dal, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party, Telugu Desam Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Janata Dal (Secular), Shiromani Akali Dal, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party.