2022 Indian presidential election

The 2022 Indian presidential election was held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India. It was the 16th presidential election in India. The president at the time, Ram Nath Kovind, did not run for reelection. The election took place on 18 July 2022 with a turnout of 99.12%.

2022 Indian Presidential Election

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Turnout	99.18%
Nominee Draupadi Murmu Yashwant Sinha Party BJP AITC Alliance NDA United Opposition Home state Odisha Bihar Electoral vote 676,803 380,177 States carried 21 + PC 7 + NCT Percentage 64.03% 35.97
President before election Ram Nath Kovind BJP President-elect Draupadi Murmu BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Droupadi Murmu won the election by a margin of 296,626 votes against Yashwant Sinha, the United Opposition candidate.^[1][2][3][4] Murmu became the first member of a scheduled tribe and second woman to become president. She is also the first president born after independence.^[5][6][7][8]

Schedule

Due to the expiry of the term of President Ram Nath Kovind, an election poll to fill in the office is scheduled to be held on 18 July 2022. Counting of votes will take place on 21 July 2022.^[9]

Candidates

On 21 June 2022, Yashwant Sinha of AITC was chosen as common candidate of UPA and other opposition parties for 2022 Presidential Election.^[10] On the same day NDA chose Draupadi Murmu as its presidential candidate.^[11]

Electoral system

Further information: President of India § Selection process

The President of India is indirectly elected by an electoral college with

• The elected members of both houses of parliament
• The elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the 28 states
• The elected members of the legislative assemblies of the union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.

As of 2022, the electoral college has 776 MPs and 4,123 MLAs.

Candidate nomination

The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held by means of a secret ballot under the Instant-runoff voting system.^[12]

Eligibility

Article 58 of the Indian Constitution provides that the President and Vice President of India must be citizens of India, and at least 35 years old. The Presidential candidate must be qualified for elections in the same way as a member of the Lok Sabha, and must not hold any office of profit under the Indian government.^[13]

The returning officer for the election was Anoop Mishra, the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha.

Candidates

Name	Born	Alliance	Positions held	Home state	Announced	Ref
Draupadi Murmu	(1958-06-20) 20 June 1958 (age 66) Baidaposi, Odisha	National Democratic Alliance (BJP)	9th Governor of Jharkhand (2015–2021) Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rairangpur Assembly constituency (2000–2009) Minister of State in the 1st Naveen Patnaik ministry (2000–2004)	Odisha	21 June 2022	[14]
Yashwant Sinha	(1937-11-06) 6 November 1937 (age 87) Patna, Bihar	United Opposition (AITC)	24th External Affairs Minister of India (2002–2004) 19th Leader of the House (Rajya Sabha) (1990–1991) 21st Finance Minister of India (1990–1991, 1998–2002)	Bihar	21 June 2022	[15]

Results

Results of the 2022 Indian presidential election^[16]

Candidate		Coalition	Individual votes	Electoral College votes	%
	Draupadi Murmu	National Democratic Alliance	2,824	676,803	64.03
	Yashwant Sinha	United Opposition	1,877	380,177	35.97
Valid votes			4,701	1,056,980
Blank and invalid votes			53	10,500
Total			4754		100
Registered voters / Turnout			4,796	1,081,991