1987 Indian presidential election

Election of R. Venkataraman August 2021 1987 Indian presidential election India presidential no 1982 Indian presidential election 1982 1992 Indian presidential election 1992 16 July 1987 R Venkataraman.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 R. Venkataraman Indian National Congress (Indira) Tamil Nadu 740,148 72.29% V.R.Krishna Iyer.jpg 100 100 120 0 0 V. R. Krishna Iyer Independent Kerala 281,550 27.50% Swing 0.44% New 111111 File:Indian_presidential_election,_1987.svg President Zail Singh Indian National Congress (Indira) R. Venkataraman Indian National Congress (Indira) The Election Commission of India held indirect ninth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1987. R. Venkataraman with 740,148 votes won over his nearest rival V. R. Krishna Iyer who got 281,550 votes.Charan N. Sai 2025-08-20 When DMK opposed a Vice-President candidate from Tamil Nadu 41 years ago https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-dmk-opposed-a-vice-president-candidate-from-tamil-nadu-in-1984/article69953280.ece 2025-08-21 The Hindu en-IN 0971-751X Schedule The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 10 June 1987.https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6925-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-president-of-india-2017/ Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017 Election Commission of India 30 January 2022 S.No.Poll EventDate1. Last Date for filing nomination 24 June 19872. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 25 June 19873. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 27 June 19874. Date of Poll 13 July 19875. Date of Counting 16 July 1987 Results Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India websitehttp://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 https://web.archive.org/web/20180617142242/http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 17 June 2018 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results) CandidateElectoral ValuesR. Venkataraman740,148V. R. Krishna Iyer281,550Mithilesh Kumar2,223Total1,023,921 Aftermath R. Venkatraman was sworn in as president, on 25 July 1987.https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/r-venkatraman-275587-2015-12-04 Remembering R. Venkataraman: 10 facts about the eighth President of India 4 December 2015 30 January 2022 On July 25, 1987, R. Venkataraman sworn in as the eighth President of the Republic of India. Since he was the sitting vice president at the time, the 1987 Indian vice presidential election was also needed, which was won by Shankar Dayal Sharma.https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6926-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-vice-president-of-india-2017/ Background material related to Election to the office of Vice-President of India, 2017 Election Commission of India 30 January 2022 See also 1984 Indian vice presidential election 1987 Indian vice presidential election References Category:1987 elections in India Category:Presidential elections in India