- 776 members of parliament
- 4,033 members of legislative assemblies
- 4,809 total votes
Yashwant Sinha
- Rajendra Prasad, a Congress leader, was the first president of India. He served in office for a span of 12 years from 1950 to 1962.
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the second president of India, who served from 1962 to 1967.
- Zakir Hussain was the third president of India who remained in office for two years.
- VV Giri, an independent candidate, served as the president of India from 1969-1974.
- Congress leader Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was the fifth president of India. He was in office between 1974 and 1977.
- The sixth Indian president was Neelam Sanjiva Reddy. He held the top post from 1977 to 1982.
- Zail Singh, a Congress leader, served as the seventh Indian president, from 1982 to 1987.
- Ramaswamy Venkataraman was the eighth president of India. He served between 1987 and 1992.
- Congress leader Shankar Dayal Sharma was the ninth president of India and served between 1992 and 1997.
- KR Narayan served as the president of India between 1997 and 2002.
- APJ Abdul Kalam, a renowned scientist, was the 111h president of India. He held the post from 2002 to 2007.
- Prathiba Patil, India’s first woman president, remained in office from 2007 to 2012.
- Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee was the 13th president of India. He served in office from 2012 to 2017.
- Ram Nath Kovind is the current and 14th president of India whose term is due to end on July 25.
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