Murmu elected Prez: A look at vote percentages in all presidential polls

Droupadi Murmu defeated the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha, winning 64.03 per cent of the total votes polled on Thursday

 Droupadi Murmu, the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) candidate, became the youngest and the first tribal woman to be elected as the President of India. She would be the 15th President of the Republic of India. Murmu defeated the opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha, winning 64.03 per cent of the total votes polled.

Murmu is only the second woman, after Pratibha Patil, to hold the highest constitutional position in the country. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will administer the oath of office on July 25.

According to the official data, Murmu won a total of 6,76,803 votes against Sinha's 3,80,177 votes.