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Indian presidential election, 1952

Indian presidential election, 1952
India
May 2, 1952 1957 →
  Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Rajendra Prasad K. T. Shah
Party Independent Independent
Home state Bihar Bombay
Electoral vote 507,400 92,827

President before election

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Nonpartisan

Elected President

Rajendra Prasad
Independent


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Nonpartisan

Rajendra Prasad
Independent

The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 507,400 votes over his nearest rival K. T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website


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