Presidential Elections 2022 Live Update: Draupadi Murmu becomes President of India

UPDATE: 

NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu became the 15th President of India as she secured 2824 first preference votes-value of which is 6,76,803, while her rival Yashwant Sinha clinched 1,877 first preference votes– value of which is 3,80,177 votes.

UPDATE: 

NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu crosses the 50% mark of total valid votes at the end of the third round of counting; set to become the President of the country.

So, upto this round, the cumulative total is – total valid votes is 3219 with total value of 8,38,839 of which Draupadi Murmu gets 2161 votes of the value of 5,77,777. Yashwant Sinha get 1058 votes of the value of 2,61,062: PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha

3rd round | States covered are Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha & Punjab. In this round, total valid votes 1,333. Total value of valid votes is 1,65,664. Droupadi Murmu got 812 votes, Yashwant Sinha 521 votes: Pramod Chandra Mody, secretary general of Rajya Sabha.

Bhubaneswar: The first round of counting of the Presidential poll on Thursday showed that Draupadi Murmu is far ahead of her counterpart Yashwant Sinha.

The number of votes in favour of Murmu was 540 and for Yashwant Sinha it was 208 out of a total 748 valid votes. Total value of valid votes stands at 5,23,600.

Counting of votes for the Presidential poll started on Thursday at Parliament House in New Delhi and it is likely to be concluded by evening.

Ruling NDA’s Draupadi Murmu and Opposition backed Yashwant Sinha are pitted against each other in the contest, with votes clearly stacked in Murmu’s favour.

If elected, Murmu will be the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post in the country.

UPDATE: 

Draupadi Murmu has secured 540 votes with a value of 3,78,000 and Yashwant Sinha has secured 208 votes with a value of 1,45,600.

A total of 15 votes were invalid. These are figures for Parliament (votes), please wait for next announcement: PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha

UPDATE:

The counting of votes for Presidential Elections 2022 has begun in the Parliament House. It is scheduled to be completed by today.

The counting will take place in room number 63.

Bhubaneswar: The voting took place on July 18 in which the MPs and MLAs chose India’s next president.

The elections took place between National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu and the opposition’s Yashwant Sinha.

Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody, who is the Chief Returning Officer for the poll, will oversee the counting today, the result of which is likely to be declared by the evening.

Notably, a day after the presidential election, the ballot boxes boarded flights from different states on separate air tickets under the name ‘Mr Ballot box’.

The boxes were accompanied by election officers, for their return journey to Delhi from the states’ capitals.

Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure is ending on July 24 and the new President will take oath on July 25.