1992 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held indirect tenth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1992. Shankar Dayal Sharma with 675,864 votes won over his nearest rival George Gilbert Swell who got 346,485 votes.

1992 Indian presidential election

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NomineeShankar Dayal SharmaGeorge Gilbert Swell
PartyINC(I)Independent
Home stateMadhya PradeshMeghalaya
Electoral vote675,864346,485
Percentage65.86%33.76%
Swing6.43% DecreaseNew


President before election

R. Venkataraman
INC(I)

Elected President

Shankar Dayal Sharma
INC(I)

Candidates

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This presidential election, saw many candidates competing for the presidency, due to the divide nationally for power. The top two candidates were, Shankar Dayal Sharma, put forth by Indian National Congress and George Gilbert Swell, member of Rajya Sabha, from Meghalaya, as the Independent candidate supported by the BJP and National Front.

Results

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Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[1][2]

CandidateElectoral Values
Shankar Dayal Sharma675,864
George Gilbert Swell346,485
Ram Jethmalani2,704
Kaka Joginder Singh1,135
Total1,026,188

References

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  1. ^ "Backgrounder". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2000-05-29.
  2. ^ "Election to the Office of President of India 2017" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Media Division, Election Commission of India. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-12.