Indian Presidential Elections: Who defeated whom in the past
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In July 1982, Congressman Zail Singh became the first Sikh to be elected the President of India. (Photos | mensxp.com/EPS)Justice VR Krishna Iyer, who contested as an independent candidate was defeated by R. Venkataraman of Congress to become the 9th President of India. (Photos | EPS/PTI)Shankar Dayal Sharma with 675,864 votes won over his nearest rival G. G. Swell who got 346,485 votes in a poll that saw many candidates competing to become the First Citizen of India. (Photos | EPS/nelive.in)On July 17 1997, K. R. Narayanan became the first Dalit President of India, defeating TN Seshan. (Photos | EPS/PTI)India's 'Missile man' became the President of the country on NDA ticket, defeating the Left's candidate -Captain Lakshmi. (Photos | PTI/EPS)India got it's first woman President on July 19 2007 when Pratibha Devisingh Patil won against Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. (Photos| PTI)The 14th indirect presidential election witnessed former Union Minister Pranab Mukherjee entering the office as the UPA candidate. (Photos | PTI)And finally, on July 20, 2017 Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind of the NDA becomes the 14th President of the country defeating Meira Kumar by a margin of 3,34,730 votes. (Photos | PTI/EPS)
