1992 Indian presidential election

The Election Commission of India held indirect 10th presidential elections of India on 16 July 1992. Shankar Dayal Sharma with 675,864 votes won over his nearest rival George Gilbert Swell who got 346,485 votes.

1992 Indian presidential election
16 July 1992
 
Nominee Shankar Dayal Sharma George Gilbert Swell
Party INC Independent
Home state Madhya Pradesh Meghalaya
Electoral vote 675,864 346,485
Percentage 65.9% 33.8%
President before election

R. Venkataraman
INC

 Elected President

Shankar Dayal Sharma
INC

Candidates

This presidential election, saw many candidates competing for the presidency, due to the divide nationally for power. The top two candidates were, Shankar Dayal Sharma, put forth by Indian National Congress and George Gilbert Swell, member of Rajya Sabha, from Meghalaya, as the Independent candidate supported by the BJP and National Front.

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[1] [2]

Candidate Electoral Values
Shankar Dayal Sharma 675,864
George Gilbert Swell 346,485
Ram Jethmalani 2,704
Kaka Joginder Singh 1,135
Total 1,026,188

References
  1. http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/pr.html Election Commission of India Official Site (Archive)
  2. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/HandBooks/President_Election_08062017.pdf
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