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Indian presidential election, 1982

Indian presidential election, 1982
India
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  Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg
Nominee Zail Singh Hans Raj Khanna
Party INC Independent
Home state Punjab Punjab
Electoral vote 754,113 282,685

Präsidentschaftswahl Indien 1982.svg

President before election

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Janata Party

Elected President

Zail Singh
INC


Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Janata Party

Zail Singh
INC

The Election Commission of India held indirect 8th presidential elections of India on 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 Sikh to be President of India, and along with former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh, were the only two Sikhs, to hold one of the highest national power in India.

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website


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