Indian presidential election, 1987

Indian presidential election, 1987
India
July 16, 1987
 
Nominee R. Venkataraman V. R. Krishna Iyer
Party INC Independent
Home state Tamil Nadu Kerala
Electoral vote 740,148 281,550
President before election

Zail Singh
INC

 Elected President

R. Venkataraman
INC

The Election Commission of India held indirect 9th presidential elections of India on July 1987. R. Venkataraman with 740,148 votes won over his nearest rival V. R. Krishna Iyer who got 281,550 votes.

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[1]

Candidate Electoral Values
R. Venkataraman 740,148
V. R. Krishna Iyer 281,550
Mithilesh Kumar 2,223
Total 1,023,921

References

  1. ↑ http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)
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