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1987 Indian presidential election

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FieldValue
election_name1987 Indian presidential election
countryIndia
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1982 Indian presidential election
previous_year1982
next_election1992 Indian presidential election
next_year1992
election_date16 July 1987
image1
nominee1R. Venkataraman
party1Indian National Congress (Indira)
home_state1Tamil Nadu
electoral_vote1740,148
percentage172.29%
image2
nominee2V. R. Krishna Iyer
party2Independent
home_state2Kerala
electoral_vote2281,550
percentage227.50%
1blankSwing
1data10.44%
1data2New
color2111111
map_imageFile:Indian_presidential_election,_1987.svg
titlePresident
before_electionZail Singh
before_partyIndian National Congress (Indira)
after_electionR. Venkataraman
after_partyIndian National Congress (Indira)

The Election Commission of India held indirect ninth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1987. R. Venkataraman with 740,148 votes won over his nearest rival V. R. Krishna Iyer who got 281,550 votes.

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 10 June 1987.

S.No.Poll EventDate1.2.3.4.5.
Last Date for filing nomination24 June 1987
Date for Scrutiny of nomination25 June 1987
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination27 June 1987
Date of Poll13 July 1987
Date of Counting16 July 1987

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website

CandidateElectoral Values
R. Venkataraman740,148
V. R. Krishna Iyer281,550
Mithilesh Kumar2,223
Total1,023,921

Aftermath

R. Venkatraman was sworn in as president, on 25 July 1987. Since he was the sitting vice president at the time, the 1987 Indian vice presidential election was also needed, which was won by Shankar Dayal Sharma.

References

References

  1. Charan, N. Sai. (2025-08-20). "When DMK opposed a Vice-President candidate from Tamil Nadu 41 years ago". The Hindu.
  2. "Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017". [[Election Commission of India]].
  3. http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)
  4. (4 December 2015). "Remembering R. Venkataraman: 10 facts about the eighth President of India".
  5. "Background material related to Election to the office of Vice-President of India, 2017". [[Election Commission of India]].
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