The Election Commission of India held indirect ninth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1987. R. Venkataraman with 740,148 votes won over his nearest rival V. R. Krishna Iyer who got 281,550 votes.
Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 10 June 1987.
S.No.Poll EventDate1. Last Date for filing nomination 24 June 19872. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 25 June 19873. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 27 June 19874. Date of Poll 13 July 19875. Date of Counting 16 July 1987
Results Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India websitehttp://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results) CandidateElectoral ValuesR. Venkataraman740,148V. R. Krishna Iyer281,550Mithilesh Kumar2,223Total1,023,921
Aftermath R. Venkatraman was sworn in as president, on 25 July 1987. Since he was the sitting vice president at the time, the 1987 Indian vice presidential election was also needed, which was won by Shankar Dayal Sharma.
See also 1984 Indian vice presidential election 1987 Indian vice presidential election
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