Indian presidential election, 1992

Indian presidential election, 1992

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

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.

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]}

References