Indian presidential election, 1997

Indian presidential election, 1997

17 July 1997

Nominee K.R. Narayanan T.N. Seshan Party INC Independent Home state Kerala Tamil Nadu Electoral vote 956,290 50,631

President before election Shankar Dayal Sharma INC Elected President K.R. Narayanan INC

Election Commission of India held the 11th presidential elections of India on 17 July 1997. K.R. Narayanan with 956,290 votes won over his nearest rival T.N. Seshan who got 50,631 votes. K.R. Narayanan was the first dalit to be President of India.

Results

States	No. of MLA/MPs	Value of each Vote	K.R. Narayanan (Votes)	K.R. Narayanan (Values)	T.N. Seshan (Votes)	T.N. Seshan (Values)	Invalid (Votes)	Invalid (Values)
Members of Parliament	776	708	676	478,608	26	18,408	32	22,656
Andhra Pradesh	294	148	254	37,592	9	1,332	17	2,516
Arunachal Pradesh	60	8	56	448	0	0	3	24
Assam	126	116	110	12,760	5	580	1	116
Bihar	324	174	285	49,590	8	1,392	15	2,610
Goa	40	20	35	700	2	40	3	60
Gujarat	182	147	156	22,932	11	1,617	7	1,029
Haryana	90	112	77	8,624	3	336	6	672
Himachal Pradesh	68	51	63	3,213	0	0	2	102
Jammu and Kashmir	87	72	74	5,328	1	72	4	288
Karnataka	224	131	191	25,021	13	1,703	11	1,441
Kerala	140	152	135	20,520	0	0	2	304
Madhya Pradesh	320	130	296	38,480	9	1,170	13	1,690
Maharashtra	288	175	173	30,275	96	16,800	1	175
Manipur	60	18	52	936	4	72	0	0
Meghalaya	60	17	43	731	10	170	4	68
Mizoram	40	8	34	272	2	16	0	0
Nagaland	60	9	55	495	2	18	0	0
Orissa	147	149	132	19,668	0	0	9	1,341
Punjab	117	116	106	12,296	1	116	7	812
Rajasthan	200	129	174	22,446	4	516	12	1,548
Sikkim	32	7	31	217	0	0	0	0
Tamil Nadu	234	176	229	40304	2	352	2	352
Tripura	60	26	59	1534	0	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	425	208	377	78,416	24	4,992	7	1,456
West Bengal	294	151	272	41,072	5	755	4	604
Delhi	70	58	58	3,364	3	174	8	464
Pondicherry	30	16	28	448	0	0	1	16
TOTAL	4,848	3,232	4,231	956,290	240	50,631	171	22,656
Source: Election Commission of India.

External links

• Election Commission of India Official Site