1987 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held indirect ninth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1987. R. Venkataraman with 740,148 votes won over his nearest rival V. R. Krishna Iyer who got 281,550 votes.

1987 Indian presidential election

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NomineeR. VenkataramanV. R. Krishna Iyer
PartyINC(I)Independent
Home stateTamil NaduKerala
Electoral vote740,148281,550
Percentage72.29%27.50%
Swing0.44% DecreaseNew


President before election

Zail Singh
INC(I)

Elected President

R. Venkataraman
INC(I)

Schedule

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The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 10 June 1987.[1]

S.No.Poll EventDate
1.Last Date for filing nomination24 June 1987
2.Date for Scrutiny of nomination25 June 1987
3.Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination27 June 1987
4.Date of Poll13 July 1987
5.Date of Counting16 July 1987

Results

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Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[2]

CandidateElectoral Values
R. Venkataraman740,148
V. R. Krishna Iyer281,550
Mithilesh Kumar2,223
Total1,023,921

Aftermath

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R. Venkatraman was sworn in as president, on 25 July 1987.[3] Since he was the sitting vice president at the time, the 1987 Indian vice presidential election was also needed, which was won by Shankar Dayal Sharma.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. ^ http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)
  3. ^ "Remembering R. Venkataraman: 10 facts about the eighth President of India". 4 December 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2022. On July 25, 1987, R. Venkataraman sworn in as the eighth President of the Republic of India.
  4. ^ "Background material related to Election to the office of Vice-President of India, 2017". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.