Wednesday, July 7, 2010

FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Indian presidential election, 1952
May 2, 1952





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Nominee Rajendra Prasad K.T. Shah
Party Independent Independent
Home state Bihar Bihar
Electoral vote 507,400 92,827

Previous President
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.

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