Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Facts at Glance- Presidential Elections from 1952 to 2007




Date of Poll
Electoral College
No. of Votes for Each Member
No. of Contesting Candidates
Elected
Votes Secured  
Date of Assumption of Office
1st Presidential Election
02.05.1952
Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 23 State Legislative Assemblies. Total Electors 4056
Each M.P. had 494 Votes. Votes of MLAs differed from State to State. Lowest Value of Votes MLAs of Coorg State was 7 and highest of 143 for MLAs of U.P. Population Basis of 1951 Census.
Five
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
5,07,400
13.05.1952
2nd Presidential Election
06.05.1957
Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 14 State Legislative Assemblies.
Each M.Ps = 496 votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147 of U.P.
Three
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
4,59,698
13.05.1957
3rd Presidential Election
07.05.1962
Elected Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 15 State Legislative Assemblies.
Each MPs= 493votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of J &K was 59 and highest of 147 of U.P.


Three
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
5,53,067
13.05.1962
4th Presidential Election
06.05.1967
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (520) , Rajya Sabha (228) and 17 State Legislative Assemblies (3383)
Each MPs= 576 votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Nagaland was 08 and highest of 174 of U.P. The population basis was 1961 census.
Seventeen
Dr. Zakir Hussain
4,71,244
13.05.1967
5th Presidential Election
16.08.1969

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Fifteen
Shri V.V. Giri
4,01,515
24.08.1969
6th Presidential Election
17.08.1974
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (521) , Rajya Sabha (230) and 21 State Legislative Assemblies (3654)
Each MPs = 723 votes
Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Nagaland was 09 and highest of 208 of U.P. The population basis was 1971 census.

Two
Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
7,65,587
24.08.1974
7th Presidential Election
06.08.1977
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (524) , Rajya Sabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3776)
Each MPs = 702 votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P.
One
Shri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
Elected unopposed
( First time a candidate was declared elected to the highest office of President of India without a contest.
25.07.1977
8th Presidential Election
12.07.1982
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (524) , Rajya Sabha (232) and 22 State Legislative Assemblies (3827)
Each MPs = 702 votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P
Two
Gyani Zail Singh
7,54,113
25.07.1982
9th Presidential Election
13.07.1987
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3919)
Each MPs = 702 votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P
Three
Shri R. Venkataraman
7,40,148
25.07.1987
10th Presidential Election
13.07.1992
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 25 State Legislative Assemblies (3972)
Each MPs = 702 votes

Lowest value of votes for MLAs of Sikkim was 07 and highest of 208 of U.P
Four
Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma
6,75,804
25.07.1992
11th Presidential Election
14.07.1997
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 27 State Legislative Assemblies (4072)
Each MPs = 708 votes

No of votes of each MLAs differed from state to state.
Two
Shri K.R. Narayanan
9,56,290
25.07.1997
12th Presidential Election
15.07.2002
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 30 State Legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.
Each MPs = 708 votes

No of votes of each MLAs differed from state to state.
Two
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
9,22,884
25.07.2002
13th Presidential Election
19.07.2007
Elected Members of Lok Sabha (543) , Rajya Sabha (233) and 30 State  legislative Assemblies (4120) including NCT of Delhi and UT of Pondicherry.
Each MPs = 708 votes

No of votes of each MLAs differed from state to state.
Two
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil
6,38,116
25.07.2007


Important Points :

  • During fifth Presidential Elections (1969) , the Commission made the Civil Aviation authorities to permit the escort of the polled ballot boxes (the respectively Assistant Returning Officers) to keep the sealed ballot boxes by his side closely near his seat in the Plane.
  • During Sixth Presidential Elections (1974), The Presidential And Vice-Presidential Act,1952 was amended to provide for nomination paper of a Presidential candidate shall be subscribed by at least 10 electors as proposers and 10 electors as seconders,  the Security deposit is made Rs. 2,500/- and election petition challenging an election can be presented only before the Supreme Court by any contesting candidate or by minimum  20 electors joined together as petitioners.
  • During the 11th Presidential Elections (1997), the President of India promulgated an Ordinance on 5th June, 1997 to further amend the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Act, 1952. The following amendments to the act were made:-

          (a) In the case of the Presidential Election, the number of Proposers and seconders for            any nomination paper was increased from ten proposers to fifty proposers and from ten seconders to fifty seconders.

        (b) In the case of the Presidential Election, the number of Proposers and seconders for  any nomination paper was likewise increased from five Proposers and five Seconders   to twenty proposers and twenty seconders.

        ( c) The amount of Security was increased from Rs. 2,500/- to Rs. 15,000/-.

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