Ramnath Kovind becomes 14th President of India

Thursday, 20 July 2017 (16:22 IST)
NewDelhi: Drubbing the UPA nominee Meira Kumar with a huge margin, NDA president Nominee Ramnath Kovind became the 14th President by grabbing  7,02, 044 votes. While Meira Kumar managed to win 3,67,314 votes.

The NDA nominee also got the benefit of cross voting in the states like Goa and Gujrat. The swearing in ceremony of Ramnath Govind will be held on 25th July. The statewise list of votes is as follows.

States Ramnath Kovind  Meira Kumar
Himachal Pradesh 1503  1887 
Jharkhand 8976  4576 
Goa 500  220
Haryana 8176  1792 
Chattisgarh 6708  4515 
Andhra Pradesh 27,186 0
Arunachal Pradesh 448 24
Assam 10,556 460
Bihar 24,490 18,867
Jammu and Kashmir 4,032 2,160

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