2012 Indian presidential election

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. 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.

2012 Indian presidential election
19 July 2012 (2012-07-19)
 
Nominee Pranab Mukherjee P. A. Sangma
Party INC NPP
Alliance UPA NDA
Home state West Bengal Meghalaya
Electoral vote 713,763 315,987
States carried 20+NCT+PY 8
Percentage 69.3% 30.7%
Swing 3.5% 3.5%
President before election

Pratibha Patil
INC

 President after election

Pranab Mukherjee
INC

On 22 July, Mukherjee was declared the winner. He was sworn in on 25 July at 11:30.

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