Presidential Election Result HIGHLIGHTS: Droupadi Murmu Officially Declared Prez-Elect As Counting Concludes
India Presidential Election Result 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Follow this page for all the updates and Breaking News pertaining to the Presidential poll results to be declared today.
1,877 first preference votes were secured by Yashwant Sinha - value 3,80,177. As 1st preference votes secured by Droupadi Murmu were greater than the requisite quota, I in my capacity as Returning Officer declare that she has been elected to office of President of India: PC Mody
NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu officially declared as the President of the country. Murmu secured her victory after the third round of counting as out of the 3,219 valid votes counted so far, she bagged 2,161, while opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha got 1,058.
I would like to thank all those MPs and MLAs across party lines who have supported the candidature of Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji. Her record victory augurs well for our democracy.
Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji has been an outstanding MLA and Minister. She had an excellent tenure as Jharkhand Governor. I am certain she will be an outstanding President who will lead from the front and strengthen India's development journey.
Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji's life, her early struggles, her rich service and her exemplary success motivates each and every Indian. She has emerged as a ray of hope for our citizens, especially the poor, marginalised and the downtrodden.
Today she has been elected to the highest Constitutional post in the country. This is speciality of India's democracy. I extend to Droupadi Murmu heartiest congratulations. I am confident that she will make India proud by carrying out her duties: Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan
"Despite the outcome of election, I believe it has benefited Indian democracy in 2 important ways. First, it brought most Oppn parties on a common platform. This is indeed the need of hour and I appeal to them to continue Opposition unity beyond Presidential Election," Yashwant Sinha said after results were announced.
"Second, in the course of my election campaign, I tried to highlight views & concerns of Opposition on major issues before nation & common people. In particular, I voiced strong concern over blatant & rampant weaponisation of ED, CBI, IT & even office of Governor," he added.
I heartily congratulate Droupadi Murmu on her victory in Presidential Election 2022. I hope—indeed, every Indian hopes—that as 15th President she functions as Custodian of Constitution without fear or favour. I join fellow countrymen in extending best wishes to her: Yashwant Sinha
NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu crosses the 50 per cent mark of total valid votes at the end of the third round of counting; set to become the 15th President of the country.
States covered in the third round of counting are Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha and Punjab. In this round, total valid votes 1,333. Total value of valid votes is 1,65,664. Droupadi Murmu got 812 votes, Yashwant Sinha 521 votes: PC Mody, Secy Gen, RS
NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu on Thursday consolidated her lead after the second round of counting by getting nearly 72 per cent votes of the total votes of all MPs and MLAs of 10 states counted so far.
Murmu is inching towards victory and is set to cross the 50 percent-mark soon, as her vote value now reached 4,83,299, while her rival Yashwant Sinha's vote value reached 1,89,876.
While Murmu received votes of 809 MLAs out of a total of 1138 MLAs in 10 states, with a vote count of 1,05,299, Sinha got votes of 329 MLAs with vote count of 44,276, in the second round.
Doupadi Murmu is going to win by a huge margin. India is going to get its first-ever tribal woman as its President. This is a historic moment for the people of India: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
If I include the earlier results of Parliament, the grand total so far is 1,886 valid votes valued at 6,73,175 out of which Droupadi Murmu gets 1,349 votes valued at 4,83,299. Yashwant Sinha gets 537 votes, valued at 1,89,876 so far: PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha
After 2nd round, where ballot paper of first 10 states alphabetically were counted - total valid votes 1,138 & their total value 1,49,575. Out of this, Droupadi Murmu got 809 votes valued at 1,05,299 and Yashwant Sinha got 329 votes valued at 44,276: PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha
After first round of counting, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu got votes of 540 MPs with the value of 3 lakh 78 thousand. Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha secured the vote of 208 MPs with value of 1,45,600: Secretary General of Rajya Sabha PC Mody
Votes of 748 MPs were found valid while 15 were invalid.
Nation is going to create history. The 15th President will be officially announced shortly. Nobody has any doubt in mind. Daughter of a tribal family coming from a very ordinary house in Odisha, Droupadi Murmu will be elected as the President: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
"Immense joy amid the deprived section of society, tribals, women and eastern India that for the first time the true meaning of democracy is coming to the fore. A leader from such a background will reach the nation's highest post. It's an achievement for democracy," the Union Minister told news agency ANI.
Droupadi Murmu has secured 540 votes with a value of 3,78,000 and Yashwant Sinha has secured 208 votes with a value of 1,45,600. These are figures for Parliament (votes).
"Droupadi Murmu has secured 540 votes with a value of 3,78,000 & Yashwant Sinha has secured 208 votes with a value of 1,45,600. A total of 15 votes were invalid. These are figures for Parliament (votes), please wait for next announcement": PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha informed.
Presidential election | Counting of MP votes is underway. It will be followed by state votes counting, ANI reported. As per other inputs, early trends may be available in another 30 mins.
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Presidential Election Result 2022 LIVE: Counting of votes in Parliament
Counting of votes for Presidential election underway in Parliament
Presidential Election Result 2022 LIVE: Preparations at Parliament for counting of votes
Ruling NDA’s candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha in the contest for the 15th president of India, the results of which will be announced on Thursday. The counting of votes will begin at 11 AM.
Background
Presidential Election Result 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: India on Thursday will know who will succeed incumbent Ram Nath Kovind to become the country’s 15th President, as the counting of votes for the presidential election began at 11 am at the Parliament House.
Ruling NDA's Droupadi Murmu and Opposition's Yashwant Sinha are pitted against each other in the contest, with votes clearly stacked in favour of Murmu, who, if elected, will be the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post in the country.
Kovind’s tenure is ending on July 24 and the new president will take oath on July 25.
With ballot boxes from all states having reached the Parliament House, poll officials are ready for the counting in room number 63, the strongroom of Parliament where the boxes are guarded behind a round-the-clock security.
Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody, who is the Chief Returning Officer for the poll, will oversee the counting Thursday, the result of which is likely to be declared by the evening.
Mody will first brief on the poll trends after all votes of MPs have been counted, and then again after votes of 10 states in alphabetical order have been counted.
Sources said he will brief once more on the poll trends after votes of 20 states have been counted, and then finally declare the result after the total counting.
All ballot boxes from state assemblies had reached the Parliament’s strongroom on Tuesday evening and have been locked there since. The ballot boxes had been flown into the national capital as ‘Mr Ballot Box’ from across the states.
'Mr Ballot Box' came seated in the front row of aircraft under the watchful gaze of the Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) of their respective states.
The Election Commission had on Monday posted photographs of the sealed ballot boxes onboard flights accompanied by AROs.
According to the EC, each ballot box was issued an e-ticket under the name 'Mr Ballot Box'.
Polling for the presidential election was held between 10 am to 5 pm Monday at 31 locations including the Parliament house and 30 centres within state legislative assemblies.
There are also reports of cross-voting in favour of Murmu in a number of states. There is no whip issued to members in the presidential poll.
MPs of both, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, except nominated MPs, and all MLAs in the legislative assembly in all states act as electors in the presidential poll.
A total of 4,809 electors, comprising 776 MPs and 4,033 elected MLAs, are entitled to vote in the election, but nominated MPs and MLAs, and Members of the Legislative Council are not.
Over 99 per cent of the total electors had cast their ballot in the poll that took place Monday, according to the Election Commission.
Eight MPs, including BJP MPs Sunny Deol and Sanjay Dhotre, were among those who missed casting their votes.
Actor-politician Deol missed voting since he is abroad for medical treatment, while Dhotre gave it a pass since he was in the ICU.
Two MPs each from BJP and Shiv Sena, and one each from the BSP, Congress, SP, and AIMIM missed voting in the Monday polls.
Kovind had become the President after polling 7,02,044 votes out of a total of 10,69,358 votes, while his rival Meira Kumar polled only 3,67,314 votes.
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