President Pranab Swearing-in on July 25

July 23rd, 2012

AGENCY
NEW DELHI: UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday emerged victorious in the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, defeating NDA nominee P.A Sangma by a huge margin.
According to Rajya Sabha Secretary General V.K Agnihotri, the retuning officer for the 19th July Presidential elections,? Mukherjee bagged votes with a value of 7,13,763 out of a 10,29, 750 votes polled in the Presidential election 2012.
Addressing reporters here this evening, Dr Agnihotri said 4,659 MPs and MLAs of the state Assemblies cast their votes during the polling of which 81 votes were declared invalid.
The value of the valid votes was 10,29,750.
While votes polled by UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee were 3,095 with a total value of 7,13,763, the votes polled by his opponent P.A Sangma were 1,483 with a total value of 3,15,987.
?The quota sufficient for a win in the elections was 5,14,876. Since the first preference votes cast for? Mukherjee had a total value more than the requirement for a win, I declare that? Pranab Mukherjee has been declared elected for office of the President,? Dr Agnihotri said.
Mukherjee got 69 per cent of the votes cast, while? Sangma netted 31 per cent of the polls, officials said.
Mukherjee got more votes than President Pratibha Patil received when she contested the Presidential polls.
Dr Agnihotri said a total of 81 votes, with a total value of 18,221, were declared invalid. This excluded the vote by Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, which had been cancelled.
Out of the total 748 MPs,? Mukherjee got the support of 527 while his rival P.A Sangma polled 206 votes in his favour. A total of 15 votes were declared invalid.
Each MP has a vote value of 708. There are a total of 776 voters in both the Houses of Parliament.
The Electoral College also consists of 4,120 MLAs in the states.
Agnihotri said the polling was held in a free and fair manner.
He said he would now present the results to the Election Commission.
The information will also be sent to the Law Ministry for them to start the procedure for installing the President in office, he said.
Mukherjee will be administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of India at 11:30 AM on 25th July.
Among the states, there was apparent cross-voting in Karnataka where BJP runs a government.? Mukherjee got the majority votes in the 224-member Assembly with 117 MLAs voting for him.
Sangma could net only 103 votes while three votes were invalid. One MLA did not vote. The value of votes polled to? Mukherjee was 15,327 while it was 13,493 for? Sangma.
In Andhra Pradesh, which has a 294-member Assembly, Mukherjee got the support of 182 MLAs including that of Congress and YSR Congress, while? Sangma received the support of three.
Five were invalid. In terms of vote value,? Mukherjee got 26,936 while? Sangma got 444. A total of 190 MLAs
voted because TDP and TRS abstained. Each MLA in Andhra Pradesh has a vote value of 148.
In the 126-member Assam Assembly,? Mukherjee got 110 votes while? Sangma got 13. Two votes were invalid while one did not vote. In terms of vote value,? Mukherjee got 12,760 while? Sangma got 1,508.
In Bihar too, where the ruling JD(U) has declared support for? Mukherjee, the UPA candidate got 146 out of the 240 votes polled in the 243-member Assembly,? Sangma got 90, mostly from BJP, which shares power with JD(U).? Mukherjee?s vote value in the state was 25,258 while for? Sangma it was 15,570. Three votes were invalid while one did not vote.
In the 90-member Haryana Assembly,? Mukherjee got 53 votes while? Sangma received 29. Eight were invalid. In terms of vote value,? Mukherjee got 5,936 and? Sangma got 3,248.
Mukherjee got 59 votes and? Sangma 123 votes in 182-member Gujarat Assembly where BJP has the majority. In terms of vote value,? Mukherjee got 8,673 while? Sangma got 18,081.
In BJP-ruled states of Chhattisgarh and Goa,? Sangma got a majority of votes.
In the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly, 39 votes went to? Mukherjee while? Sangma got 50. One vote was invalid. In terms of vote value,? Mukherjee got 5,031 while? Sangma got 6,450.
Mukherjee got nine votes and? Sangma 31 in 40-member Goa Assembly. In terms of vote value,? Mukherjee got 180 while? Sangma got 620.
Mukherjee led Jammu and Kashmir and surprisingly in Jharkhand where BJP shares power with JMM. In BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh? Mukherjee trailed as expected.
In the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly,? Mukherjee got 23 votes while? Sangma won 44 votes. One vote was invalid.? Mukherjee?s vote value was 1,173 while it was 2,244 for? Sangma.
Jammu and Kashmir gave? Mukherjee 68 votes while? Sangma got 15 votes. Two votes were declared invalid.? Mukherjee?s vote value here stands at 4,896 while? Sangma got 1,080. The Assembly has 87 MLAs.
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly,? Mukherjee got 60 votes while Sangma won 20.? Mukherjee?s vote value is 10,560 while? Sangma stands at 3,520.
In Kerala, it was a clean sweep for? Mukherjee. He won all the 124 votes polled while one was invalid.? Sangma drew a blank. CPI and RSP members abstained from voting which has a 140 member Assembly. Vote value for? Mukherjee in Kerala stood at 18,848.
In the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly,? Mukherjee got 73 votes while? Sangma got 156. Four votes were invalid. In terms of the vote share,? Mukherjee got 9,563 and? Sangma 20,436.
The polling percentage was less than expected this time with only 72 per cent of the total votes ? valued at 11 lakh ? polled.
The vote of the SP chief had been declared invalid by the Election Commission on the ground that he violated the code of secrecy by revealing his vote. Yadav had initially voted for? Sangma and then torn the ballot paper when he realised his mistake.

Source: http://www.statetimes.in/news/president-pranab-swearing-in-july-25/

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