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1982 Indian presidential election

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Field	Value
election_name	1982 Indian presidential election
country	India
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1977 Indian presidential election
previous_year	1977
next_election	1987 Indian presidential election
next_year	1987
election_date	12 July 1982
image1
nominee1	Zail Singh
party1	Indian National Congress (Indira)
home_state1	Punjab
electoral_vote1	754,113
percentage1	72.73%
nominee2	Hans Raj Khanna
party2	Independent
home_state2	Punjab
color2	800080
electoral_vote2	282,685
percentage2	27.27%
title	President
before_election	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
before_party	Janata Party
after_election	Zail Singh
after_party	Indian National Congress (Indira)
map_image	1982 Indian Presidential Election.svg
map_size	300px

The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth presidential elections of India on 12 July 1982. Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival Hans Raj Khanna who got 282,685 votes. Zail Singh was the first and till date only Sikh to be the President of India.

Candidates

Potential opposition candidates included N. G. Goray former high commissioner to London, and Bhola Paswan Shastri, former Rajya Sabha member.

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 June 1982.

S.No.	Poll Event	Date	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.
Last Date for filing nomination	23 June 1982
Date for Scrutiny of nomination	24 June 1982
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	26 June 1982
Date of Poll	12 July 1982
Date of Counting	15 July 1982

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website

Candidate	Electoral Values
Zail Singh	754,113
Hans Raj Khanna	282,685
Total	1,036,798

References

http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India
"Giani Zail Singh poised to become the seventh President of India".
"Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017". [[Election Commission of India]].
http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)

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