Indian presidential election, 1997
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The Election Commission of India held indirect 11th presidential elections of India
on 17 July 1997. K.R. Narayanan with 956,290 votes won over his nearest rival T.N. Seshan who got 50,631 votes. K.R. Narayanan was the first dalit
to be President of India.
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
on 17 July 1997. K.R. Narayanan with 956,290 votes won over his nearest rival T.N. Seshan who got 50,631 votes. K.R. Narayanan was the first dalit
Dalit
Dalit is a designation for a group of people traditionally regarded as Untouchable. Dalits are a mixed population, consisting of numerous castes from all over South Asia; they speak a variety of languages and practice a multitude of religions...
to be President of India.
Results
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website| States | No. of MLA/MPs | Value of each Vote | K.R. Narayanan (Votes) | K.R. Narayanan (Values) | T.N. Seshan (Votes) | T.N. Seshan (Values) | Invalid (Votes) | Invalid (Values) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Members of Parliament | 776 | 708 | 676 | 478,608 | 26 | 18,408 | 32 | 22,656 |
| Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third... |
294 | 148 | 254 | 37,592 | 9 | 1,332 | 17 | 2,516 |
| Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by... |
60 | 8 | 56 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Assam Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country... |
126 | 116 | 110 | 12,760 | 5 | 580 | 1 | 116 |
| Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India.... |
324 | 174 | 285 | 49,590 | 8 | 1,392 | 15 | 2,610 |
| Goa Goa Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its... |
40 | 20 | 35 | 700 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 60 |
| Gujarat | 182 | 147 | 156 | 22,932 | 11 | 1,617 | 7 | 1,029 |
| Haryana Haryana Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south... |
90 | 112 | 77 | 8,624 | 3 | 336 | 6 | 672 |
| Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east... |
68 | 51 | 63 | 3,213 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102 |
| Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the... |
87 | 72 | 74 | 5,328 | 1 | 72 | 4 | 288 |
| Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava... |
224 | 131 | 191 | 25,021 | 13 | 1,703 | 11 | 1,441 |
| Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions.... |
140 | 152 | 135 | 20,520 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 304 |
| Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city.... |
320 | 130 | 296 | 38,480 | 9 | 1,170 | 13 | 1,690 |
| Maharastra | 288 | 175 | 173 | 30,275 | 96 | 16,800 | 1 | 175 |
| Manipur Manipur Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of... |
60 | 18 | 52 | 936 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| Meghalaya Meghalaya Meghalaya is a state in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means the Abode of Clouds in Sanskrit and other Indic languages. Meghalaya is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 8,700 sq mi . The... |
60 | 17 | 43 | 731 | 10 | 170 | 4 | 68 |
| Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North Eastern India, sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Burma. Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on 20 February 1987. Its capital is Aizawl. Mizoram is located in the... |
40 | 8 | 34 | 272 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagaland Nagaland Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur... |
60 | 9 | 55 | 495 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Orissa Orissa Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April... |
147 | 149 | 132 | 19,668 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1,341 |
| Punjab Punjab (India) Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the... |
117 | 116 | 106 | 12,296 | 1 | 116 | 7 | 812 |
| Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with... |
200 | 129 | 174 | 22,446 | 4 | 516 | 12 | 1,548 |
| Sikkim Sikkim Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains... |
32 | 7 | 31 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh... |
234 | 176 | 229 | 40304 | 2 | 352 | 2 | 352 |
| Tripura Tripura Tripura is a state in North-East India, with an area of . It is the third smallest state of India, according to area. Tripura is surrounded by Bangladesh on the north, south, and west. The Indian states of Assam and Mizoram lie to the east. The capital is Agartala and the main languages spoken are... |
60 | 26 | 59 | 1534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity... |
425 | 208 | 377 | 78,416 | 24 | 4,992 | 7 | 1,456 |
| West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP... |
294 | 151 | 272 | 41,072 | 5 | 755 | 4 | 604 |
| Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census... |
70 | 58 | 58 | 3,364 | 3 | 174 | 8 | 464 |
| Pondicherry | 30 | 16 | 28 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| TOTAL | 4,848 | 3,232 | 4,231 | 956,290 | 240 | 50,631 | 171 | 22,656 |