Indian presidential election, 1982

Indian presidential election, 1982

July 12, 1982

Nominee Zail Singh H.R. Khanna Party INC Independent Home state Punjab Punjab Electoral vote 754,113 282,685

President before election Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Janata Party Elected President Zail Singh INC

The Election Commission of India held indirect 8th presidential elections of India on July 1982. Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival H.R. Khanna who got 282,685 votes.^[1] Zail Singh was the first Sikh to be President of India, and along with Manmohan Singh, were the only two Sikhs, to hold one of the highest national power in India.

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website^[2]

Candidate	Electoral Values
Zail Singh	754,113
H.R. Khanna	282,685
Total	1,036,798

References

1. http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India
2. http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)