NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind wins presidential election
The former Bihar governor’s main opponent was Opposition candidate Meira Kumar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind won the presidential election, reports said on Thursday. He took a massive lead over the Opposition’s nominee Meira Kumar during counting, and won with over 65% of the votes.
Kovind got 7,02,644 electoral college votes, while Kumar received 3,67,314, reports said. As many as 522 MPs voted for Kovind, while 225 voted for Kumar.
A total of 4,896 elected representatives voted in the election on Monday.
BJP workers celebrate in Mumbai as Ram Nath Kovind is declared 14th President of India pic.twitter.com/PVTm4ObqiL
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 20, 2017
Congratulations to Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji on being elected the President of India! Best wishes for a fruitful & inspiring tenure.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 20, 2017
I also congratulate @meira_kumar Ji for her campaign, which was in spirit of the democratic ethos & values we all are proud of.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 20, 2017
My best wishes with Sh. Kovindji as it has fallen upon him to uphold Constitution in letter&spirit in these challenging times: #MeiraKumar pic.twitter.com/TwDjAWm8Il
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 20, 2017
This is an emotional moment for me today says President Elect Ram Nath Kovind #presidentialelection2017 pic.twitter.com/ucmx7OMlc5
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 20, 2017
Would like to thank and congratulate opposition candidate Meira Kumar: President Elect #RamNathKovind pic.twitter.com/tVZDY3qHPj
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 20, 2017