2012 Indian presidential election

Election of Pranab Mukherjee yes February 2014 July 2020 2012 Indian presidential election India presidential no 2007 Indian presidential election 2007 2017 Indian presidential election 2017 2012 07 19 y Pranab Mukherjee Portrait (cropped).jpg 100 100 120 0 0 Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress UPA West Bengal 713,763 69.3% 20+NCT+PY P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 P. A. Sangma National People's Party (India) National Democratic Alliance Meghalaya 315,987 30.7% 8 President Pratibha Patil Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress Indian presidential election 2012.svg 300px President after election Swing 3.5% 3.5% The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th President, was held in India on 19 July 2012. The last date for filing nominations was 30 June, whereas the votes would be counted on 22 July.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1262012.pdf Election to the office of President of India, 2012 (14th Presidential election) 12 June 2012 18 June 2012 Election Commission of Indiahttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-18420045 India to hold presidential election in July BBC News 13 June 2012 13 June 2012https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/presidential-poll-on-july-19-counting-on-july-22/article3519957.ece Presidential poll on July 19, counting on July 22 Balaji J The Hindu 12 June 2012 13 June 2012 New Delhihttp://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/india/32214195_1_mamata-banerjee-trinamool-congress-pranab-mukherjee https://archive.today/20130103162557/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-13/india/32214195_1_mamata-banerjee-trinamool-congress-pranab-mukherjee dead 3 January 2013 Presidential poll on July 19, Mamata to meet Sonia today The Times of India 13 June 2012 13 June 2012 The two leading candidates for the presidency were former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee from West Bengal and former Speaker of the Lok Sabha Purno Agitok Sangma from Meghalaya. On 22 July, Mukherjee was declared the winner.Pranab Mukherjee voted India's 13th President https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pranab-Mukherjee-elected-Indias-13th-President/articleshow/15092749.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20130316043938/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/india/32787938_1_vote-value-mukherjee-and-sangma-india-s-13th-president 2013-03-16 2012-07-22 live The Times of India 26 September 2013Pranab Mukherjee is 13th President http://www.deccanherald.com/content/266025/pranab-mukherjee-13th-president.html Deccan Herald 2012-07-22 26 September 2013 He was sworn in on 25 July at 11:30.Pranab Mukherjee to be sworn in as President of India on 25 July 2012 Dhruv Planet Selection process President of India#Selection process The new president is chosen by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament, the elected members of the state legislative assemblies and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/pr.html Election of The President Pib.nic.in 2 May 2012 The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the Single transferable vote method. The voting takes place by secret ballot. The manner of election of President is provided by Article 55 of the Constitution.Great Britain. Ministry of Overseas Development. Library Great Britain. Overseas Development Administration. Library Public Administration https://books.google.com/books?id=bQLff_T-uFAC&pg=PT167 Upkar Prakashan 167 Final Presidential Candidates United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance For Presidentcenter|220x220pxPranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance For President center|220x220px P. A. Sangma National People's Party Candidature Proposals Various names had been speculated by the Indian media and politicians prior to the official candidacies being submitted. Opinion polls have shown that the public preferred former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to hold the post once again, which was supported by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On 15 June, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) announced Pranab Mukherjee as its presidential candidate.Bhattacharjya Satarupa http://in.reuters.com/article/india-president-pranab-mukherjee-idINDEE85E08B20120615?type=economicNews https://web.archive.org/web/20160306102231/http://in.reuters.com/article/india-president-pranab-mukherjee-idINDEE85E08B20120615?type=economicNews dead 6 March 2016 UPA names Mukherjee for president in econ shakeup Reuters 15 June 2012 18 June 2012 There were signs of a split within the Janata Dal (United) with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying that "like the other constituents, the JD (U) too will abide by the final decision on the presidential poll,"https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jd-u-to-toe-nda-line-on-presidential-poll-nitish/article3542972.ece JD (U) to toe NDA line on Presidential poll: Nitish The Hindu 18 June 2012 20 June 2012 Chennai, India though Shivanand Tiwari said that "a senior and respected leader like Pranab Mukherjee, who is going into retire [from active politics] should be given a graceful send off."https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jdu-leader-makes-a-strong-pitch-for-pranab-mukherjee_1702916 JD(U) leader makes a strong pitch for Pranab Mukherjee DNA India 16 June 2012 20 June 2012 Tiwari added that "[Mukherjee] is a very senior and a respected leader, and my personal opinion is that as he should be elected to the president's post with consensus."June 2026 The Shiv Sena supported Mukherjee's candidates according to its spokesman Sanjay Raut. On 18 June, Kalam said he would not run in the racehttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/APJ-Abdul-Kalam-not-to-contest-presidential-poll-2012/articleshow/14237561.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20120622074516/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-18/india/32298401_1_apj-abdul-kalam-bjp-leader-contest live 2012-06-22 The Times of India APJ Abdul Kalam not to contest presidential poll 2012 following statement from JDU leader Nitish Kumar and SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav that they would prefer to support Mukherjee. Following Kalam's decision, the BJP-led NDA turned to supporting Sangma.http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/presidential-poll-bjp-draws-a-blank-with-kalam-looks-to-sangma-232846 Presidential poll: BJP draws a blank with Kalam, looks to Sangma Unofficial list The final candidacy application had 45 names. Scrutiny of the candidates took place on 2 Julyhttp://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/statement.pdf Presidential Elections Pranab Mukherjee filed his nomination on 28 June with the support of the INC's Manmohan Singh, party president Sonia Gandhi, General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal's leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Rashtriya Lok Dal's Ajit Singh, the Lok Janshakti Party's Ram Vilas Paswan, the National Conference's Farooq Abdullah, the Indian Union Muslim League's E. Ahmed and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's T. R. Baalu. The Hindustan Times suggested that he also had the support of the National Democratic Alliance's Janata Dal (United) and the Shiv Sena, as well as the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Mukherjee said after filing his nomination papers that "I only wish at this time that we have the blessing of god and cooperation of all at this juncture." P. A. Sangma filed his nomination papers with the support of the Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP party president Nitin Gadkari and party leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, as well as the INC's Arvind Netam, who is the head of the Tribal Forum of India which supported Sangma. Prior to filing his nomination with the Rajya Sabha Secretary General V. K. Agnihotri he said that "today is a victory of tribal unity, that a tribal is filing his nomination for the post of president."http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Prez-poll-Pranab-flaunts-more-allies-Sangma-lags-behind/Article1-880179.aspx Pranab flaunts more allies, Sangma lags behind Hindustan Times 28 June 2012 25 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120629105452/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Prez-poll-Pranab-flaunts-more-allies-Sangma-lags-behind/Article1-880179.aspx 29 June 2012 dead Electoral votes Party/Alliance Percentage http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/01112/Graphics__How_the__1112721a.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120711032319/http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/archive/01112/Graphics__How_the__1112721a.pdf dead 11 July 2012 How the numbers might stack up! The Hindu 18 June 2012 2012 Chennai, India United Progressive Alliance (UPA) 33.2% National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 28% Samajwadi Party (SP) 6.2% Left Front 4.7% All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) 4.4% Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 3.9% All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 3.3% Biju Janata Dal (BJD) 2.7% The election's Returning Officer V. K. Agnihotri announced: "I declare that Shri Pranab Mukherjee has been duly elected to the office of President of India."June 2026 Mukherjee gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647 MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated Sangma, who got 145,848 MP votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes.http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/English.pdf Archived copy 22 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130607174759/http://164.100.47.5/pres2012/pressrelease/English.pdf 7 June 2013 dead Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting.http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/pranab-mukherjee-helped-by-cross-voting-in-karnataka-bjp-246245?pfrom=home-otherstories Pranab Mukherjee helped by cross voting in Karnataka BJP NDTV.com 25 July 2012 He took the oath of office on 25 July at 11:00 in the Central Hall of the parliament building.June 2026 In Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi abstained from voting, while in Kerala and West Bengal, the same is not applied to the Communist Party of India and the Revolutionary Socialist Party. In Karnataka, one MLA abstained. In Assam, there were two invalid voted and one abstention. In Bihar, three voted were invalid with one abstention. In Haryana, there were 8 invalid votes. In Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh and Mizoram one vote was invalid. In Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and Nagaland and Punjab and Sikkim, there were two invalid votes. In West Bengal, four votes were invalid.June 2026 Breakdown of the President of India election results |- ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |States ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Electors ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Pranab Mukherjee ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Purno Agitok Sangma ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" |Invalid/Abstained |- | style="text-align:left;" |Members of Parliament||748||527||206||15/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Andhra Pradesh||294||182||3||5/109 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Arunachal Pradesh||60||54||2||4/0Presidential election: Break-up of votes polled http://greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=39348&cat=15&scat=20 Greater Andhra 3 July 2015 16 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20150703065351/http://www.greatandhra.com/viewnews.php?id=39348&cat=15&scat=20 dead |- | style="text-align:left;" |Assam||126||110||13||2/1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Bihar||240/243||146||90||3/1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Chhattisgarh||90||39||50||1/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Goa||40||9||31||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Gujarat||182||59||123||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Haryana||90||53||29||8/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Himachal Pradesh||67||23||44||1/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Jammu and Kashmir||83/87||68||15||2/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Jharkhand||80/81||60||20||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Karnataka||220||117||103||3/1 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Kerala||140||124||0||1/15 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Madhya Pradesh||230||73||156||4/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Maharashtra||272||225||47||2/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Manipur||59||58||1||1/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Meghalaya||59||34||23||2/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Mizoram||40||32||7||1/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Nagaland||60||58||0||2/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Odisha||141||26||115||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Punjab||116||44||70||2/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Rajasthan||198||113||85||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Sikkim||31||28||1||2/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Tamil Nadu||197||45||148||4/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Tripura||57||56||1||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Uttar Pradesh||398||351||46||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Uttarakhand||69||39||30||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |West Bengal||?||275||3||4/? |- | style="text-align:left;" |Delhi||65||42||23||0/0 |- | style="text-align:left;" |Puducherry||28||23||5||0/0 |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | style="text-align:left;" |Total||colspan=4|   |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan=7 |June 2026 |} Reactions Pranab Mukherjee thanked the people of the "great country" and "express[ed] deep gratitude for electing me to high office." He later told the media that he "thank[s] all those who supported me...I thank Sangma for congratulating me. I have received much more than I have given."http://ibnlive.in.com/news/live-counting-of-votes-begins-for-president-poll/272800-37-64.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120724131911/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/live-counting-of-votes-begins-for-president-poll/272800-37-64.html dead 24 July 2012 President poll: I thank the people of India, says Pranab - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive Ibnlive.in.com 25 July 2012 He also said he would "protect, defend and preserve [the Constitution of India]. I will try to justify in a modest way as I can to be trustworthy."June 2026 He was also congratulated by his former party colleagues Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, as well as Vice-President Hamid Ansari and BJP President Nitin Gadkari.June 2026 While Sangma congratulated Mukherjee he also added: "The process in this Presidential election has been exceptionally partisan and political. The public perception is certainly that in identification and projection of its candidate, the UPA did not genuinely build consensus and that it persuaded political parties commanding major sections of the presidential electoral college by economic and other packages...as well as inducements, threats and promises. For election to the Lok Sabha and Assembly, there is a code of conduct for free and fair elections. Such a code of conduct does not exist for presidential and vice-presidential elections...Rs. 57,000 crore were given to U.P., Rs 27,000 crore to Bihar and so many other things have happened. We are meeting a day after tomorrow to review the whole situation where this matter will come up for discussion."PTI https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/presidential-election-process-was-exceptionally-partisan-sangma/article3670000.ece News / National : Presidential election process was exceptionally partisan: Sangma The Hindu 22 June 2012 25 July 2012 Chennai, India He also added that this was an opportunity lost to elect a tribal candidate as president.http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-presidential-poll-was-a-political-battle/272883-37-64.html https://archive.today/20130126112945/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/this-presidential-poll-was-a-political-battle/272883-37-64.html dead 26 January 2013 This presidential poll was a political battle - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive Ibnlive.in.com 13 June 2012 25 July 2012 INC spokesman Manish Tewari responded in saying: "Magnanimity should mark the conduct of people, who contest elections. Gritting after losing an election only endorses the proverb that grapes are sour [when you cannot reach them];" its General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi added to criticism of Sangma's allegations that "I think one should not talk with such a narrow vision."June 2026 In response to cross-voting against party lines as Mukherjee had support from 98 MLAs of the INC and JDS yet won with 19 extra votes and the Sangma got only 103 votes of BJP's 119 MLAs, Karnataka BJP General Secretary Dharmendra Pradhan said that "the party is taking this matter very seriously. The Central leadership has asked the Karnataka BJP unit to form a committee to probe this cross-voting by our MLAs. Once we get the committee's report we will take appropriate action." The issue also follows infighting within the Karnataka BJP that culminated in the recent appointment of Jagadish Shettar as chief minister.June 2026 Anti-corruption activist group Team Anna criticised Mukherjee in saying the country now had a "corrupt president."http://ibnlive.in.com/news/now-we-have-a-corrupt-president-says-team-anna/273040-37-64.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120724131951/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/now-we-have-a-corrupt-president-says-team-anna/273040-37-64.html dead 24 July 2012 Now we have a corrupt President, says Team Anna - Politics - Politics News - ibnlive Ibnlive.in.com 25 July 2012 Biocon CEO Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said of the election: "We are making a mockery of the presidential post. This is considered the highest office in our country and should be apolitical. The president should be an apolitical appointee who has the stature and integrity that can hold the political system accountable. How can persons who are in office, holding key ministerial posts, be even eligible for such a post? This is becoming a political chess game which is devaluing this very lofty post."Mcdonald Mark http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/04/which-is-better-for-india-rubber-stamp-or-partisan-president/ Which is Better for India: Rubber Stamp or Partisan President? - NYTimes.com Rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com 4 July 2012 25 July 2012 See also 2012 Indian vice presidential election References 30em External links Election Commission information on the presidential election Official Website of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat for the Presidential Election Media Presidential poll 2012: Full Coverage collected news and commentary at The Indian Express Next President: Race for President, 2012 collected news and commentary at CNN-IBN Coming up: Presidential Polls 2012 Category:2012 elections in India Category:Presidential elections in India Category:July 2012 in India