The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth presidential elections of India on 12 July 1982. Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival Hans Raj Khanna who got 282,685 votes.http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India Zail Singh was the first and till date only Sikh to be the President of India.
Candidates Potential opposition candidates included N. G. Goray former high commissioner to London, and Bhola Paswan Shastri, former Rajya Sabha member.
Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 June 1982.
S.No.Poll EventDate1. Last Date for filing nomination 23 June 19822. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 24 June 19823. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 26 June 19824. Date of Poll 12 July 19825. Date of Counting 15 July 1982
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 ValuesZail Singh754,113Hans Raj Khanna282,685Total1,036,798
See also 1979 Indian vice presidential election
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