2022 Indian presidential election

Not to be confused with 2022 Indian National Congress presidential election.
2022 Indian presidential election
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Turnout99.12% (1.83%Increase)
 
Droupadi Murmu official portrait (4x5).jpg
Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg
Nominee Droupadi Murmu Yashwant Sinha
Party BJP TMC
Alliance NDA UO
Home state Odisha Jharkhand
Electoral vote 676,803 380,177
States carried 21 + PY 7 + NCT
Percentage 64.03% 35.97%
Swing 1.62% Decrease 1.62% Increase
President before election

Ram Nath Kovind
BJP

President after election

Droupadi Murmu
BJP

The 2022 Indian presidential election was the 16th presidential election in India held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India. The incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%.

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Droupadi Murmu won the election by a margin of 296,626 votes against Yashwant Sinha, the United Opposition candidate.[1][2][3][4] Murmu became the first member of a Scheduled Tribe and second woman to become president, as well as the first president born after independence.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "2022 Indian Presidential Elections: Press note". Election Commission of India.
  2. ^ ANI [@ani] (21 July 2022). "While President-elect #DroupadiMurmu got a vote in all states, Opposition's Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha drew a blank in Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, & Sikkim" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Polling for Presidential Elections 2022 held peacefully today". Election Commission of India. 18 July 2022.
  4. ^ Mehrotra, Vani (21 July 2022). "President Election 2022 Result LIVE Updates: Droupadi Murmu wins, Yashwant loses, celebrations begins". Indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Presidential Election 2022-Declaration of Result". Election Commission of India. 28 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Draupadi Murmu is India's first tribal and youngest President ever - Oneindia News". Oneindia.com. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  7. ^ Cariappa, Anuj (18 July 2022). "Presidential Election Results 2022 updates: Murmu declared winner, secures 64% of votes against Sinha's 36%". Oneindia. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ^ Mathur, Swati (22 July 2022). "President of India 2022: Draupadi Murmu elected first tribal President of India, second woman to assume nation's top office". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 July 2022.