4,754 votes cast for Presidential poll, 53 invalid
A total of 4,754 votes were cast for the Presidential election, the process of which concluded on Thursday with the declaration of result.
The final tally showed that of the total votes cast, 4,701 were valid and 53 were invalid.
Droupadi Murmu, the NDA nominee who won the election to become the 15th President of India, bagged 2,824 first preference votes, the value of which stood at 6,76,803. The cut-off mark for victory was was 5,28,491. Joint Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha managed 1,877 votes with a value of 3,80,177.
The counting of votes commenced at 11 a.m. on Thursday in Room No. 63 of the Parliament House. The ballot box used in the Parliament House was first opened, followed by those from the states where MPs had cast their votes.
During scrutiny, the valid and invalid ballot papers were separated and the value of first preference votes polled in favour of each candidate was determined.
Overall, the 16th Presidential election was conducted in a free, fair and orderly manner in the Parliament House and across all the state capitals.
Festive mood at Droupadi Murmu’s residence in Delhi
Celebrations started at President-elect Droupadi Murmu’s residence here on Thursday even before the offical announcement of election result for the Presidential poll.
Folk artistes in traditional attires carying musical instruments from different parts of the country were seen celebrating Murmu’s victory since the evening at her residence on Umashankar Dikshit Marg in the national capital.
Sweets were distributed to everyone present there. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit also reached Murmu’s residence to congratulate her for her victory.
Dressed in traditional attire, Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda reached her residence to congratulate Murmu.
Several Union ministers and senior BJP leaders were present at Murmu’s residence since the afternoon on Thursday.
Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and G. Kishan Reddy, BJP national general secretaries C.T. Ravi and Vinod Tawde were among the first to reach Murmu’s residence to oversee the preparations.
BJP’s J&K co-incharge Ashish Sood, Delhi BJP vice-president Virendra Sachdeva were seen managing the affairs along with senior party leaders.
