Ram Nath Kovind has been elected the next President of India

 

The presidential poll on Monday saw nearly 99 per cent voting, the highest ever, according to returning officer said. Polling was held simultaneously at 32 polling stations -- one in Parliament House and one each in 29 state assemblies and two union territories with assemblies.

Some 4,800 members of parliament and state assemblies cast votes on Monday to choose between Mr Kovind and Meira Kumar, a former speaker backed by a 17-member bloc of opposition parties.

Ram Nath Kovind has been elected the next President of India. The government-backed candidate won two-third of the votes cast by an electoral college of MPs and state lawmakers. Mr Kovind, 71, will be sworn in on July 25.

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