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1957 Indian presidential election

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FieldValue
election_name1957 Indian presidential election
countryIndia
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1952 Indian presidential election
previous_year1952
next_election1962 Indian presidential election
next_year1962
election_date6 May 1957
image1
nominee1Rajendra Prasad
party1Indian National Congress
color2743CE6
home_state1Bihar
electoral_vote1459,698
percentage198.99%
image2[[Image:No image.svg100px]]
nominee2Chaudhary Hari Ram
party2Independent
home_state2Punjab
electoral_vote22,672
percentage20.58%
map_imageFile:1957 Indian Presidential Election.svg
titlePresident
before_electionRajendra Prasad
before_partyINC
after_electionRajendra Prasad
after_partyINC

The Election Commission of India held indirect second presidential elections of India on 6 May 1957. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his rivals Chaudhary Hari Ram and Nagendra Narayan Das, who received 2,672 votes and 2,000 votes respectively. Prasad has been the only person to have won and served two terms as the president of India.

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 6 April 1957.

S.No.Poll EventDate1.2.3.4.5.
Last Date for filing nomination16 April 1957
Date for Scrutiny of nomination17 April 1957
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination20 April 1957
Date of Poll6 May 1957
Date of Counting10 May 1957

Results

CandidateVotes
Rajendra Prasad459,698
Chaudhary Hari Ram2,672
Nagendra Narayan Das2,000
Total464,370

References

References

  1. "Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017". [[Election Commission of India]].
  2. http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf {{Webarchive. link. (2013-11-02 Election Commission of India)
  3. "PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES".
  4. "First real contest for office of President witnessed in 1967".
  5. "Yahoo!".
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