The NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind has been declared by the
Secretary General of Lok Sabha Anoop Mishra as elected President of
India. Mr. Kovind got 7,02,044 votes while his opponent, the joint
Opposition candidate Meira Kumar, got 3,67,314 out of a total of
10,69,358.
Succeeding Pranab Mukherjee, Kovind will be sworn in as the 14th
president of India on July 25. Kovind will be the seventh youngest
person to be anointed to the coveted post. He is also the second Dalit
after KR Narayanan to adorn the coveted post. He is the first President
from Uttar Pradesh.
