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  Cross-voting favours Kovind in maximum states except BJP-ruled Rajasthan where Meira gains

  Politics | July 21, 2017 8:56 IST

  The only exception was the BJP-ruled Rajasthan where the cross-voting favoured Opposition candidate Meira Kumar and it should be a matter of concern for Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia.

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  Presidential election 2017: Kovind gets one vote in Kerala, Meira Kumar draws blank in AP

  Politics | July 20, 2017 22:20 IST

  Kovind received 2930 votes with a value of 7,02,044, while Meira Kumar got 1844 votes with a value of 3,67,314.

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  Battle of ideologies: Cross-voting in Kovind’s favour a body blow to Congress’ idea of ‘united oppn’

  Politics | July 20, 2017 19:44 IST

  The numbers of the Presidential election rolled out by EC reveal that the ‘battle of ideologies’ – something that the Congress christened the battle as – appears to be failing and has damaged its claims of a united opposition.

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  Prez-elect Kovind: From quietude to presidential limelight

  Politics | July 20, 2017 18:23 IST

  His wasn't the name that newspaper readers were familiar with or the face that television viewers knew. Today, Ram Nath Kovind walked away from that quiet past - and into the record books as India's president-elect.

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  Ram Nath Kovind, President of India: Second Dalit man and first from UP to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan

  Politics | July 20, 2017 22:19 IST

  Ram Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected as the 14th President of India, the Election Commission of India announced.

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  Presidential election 2017: NDA’s Ram Nath Kovind heading for predictable victory

  Politics | July 20, 2017 15:13 IST

  Kovind is expected to win the race for the top constitutional post given that the BJP and its allies have a majority in electoral college comprising Members of Parliament and members of legislative assemblies

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  Presidential election results 2017: Ram Nath Kovind gets 60683 votes, Meira Kumar 22941 in first 4 states

  Politics | July 20, 2017 14:18 IST

  NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind received 60683 votes while opposition’s Meira Kumar got 22941 votes in Assam, Arunachal, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

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  President Election Results: Kovind registers landslide win, beats Kumar by over 3 lakh votes

  Politics | July 20, 2017 19:00 IST

  President Election Results 2017 LIVE: Ram Nath Kovind beat Meira Kumar by over 3 lakh votes. In electoral college, Kovind bagged 7,02,044 votes whereas Kumar managed to secure only 3,67,314 votes.

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  Presidential election results 2017: Counting of votes underway, Ram Nath Kovind set to win against Meira Kumar

  Politics | July 20, 2017 15:56 IST

  Presidential election results 2017: The electoral arithmetic clearly favours Ram Nath Kovind as opposition parties like JD(U), BJD, TRS, YSR Congress, different factions of AIADMK had also extended their support to the NDA candidate.

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  Presidential election 2017: Ram Nath Kovind vs Meira Kumar contest sees near 100 pc voting

  Politics | July 18, 2017 6:42 IST

  Lawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country's 14th President in a contest in which the ruling NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind has an overwhelming edge over opposition-backed Meira Kumar

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  Presidential election 2017: Close to 99 pc voting witnessed, Kovind looks set for comfortable win

  Politics | July 17, 2017 21:20 IST

  In the contest between Ram Nath Kovind and Meira Kumar, MPs and MLAs today voted to elect the new President of India.

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  Presidential Election 2017: PM Narendra Modi wishes Ram Nath Kovind ‘in advance’, pledges govt’s support

  Politics | July 17, 2017 11:22 IST

  Presidential Election 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind "in advance" and assured him of his government's support, a day before the election to the top constitutional post

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  Presidential poll a fight against 'divisive, communal vision': Sonia Gandhi at Opposition meet

  Politics | July 17, 2017 0:09 IST

  Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today described the contest between Opposition candidate Meira Kumar and NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind as a fight against a "narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision".

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  Kovind vs Meira: MPs, MLAs to vote for next President tomorrow

  Politics | July 16, 2017 17:37 IST

  MPs and MLAs will vote in the presidential election 2017 tomorrow where NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind is pitted against opposition nominee Meira Kumar.

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  Am contesting presidential election for ideology, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | July 08, 2017 14:29 IST

  The former Lok Sabha Speaker further said that she strongly believes in the age-old tradition of respecting one's own religion as well as other religions with the same zeal.

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  Opposition believes I should be at centre of ‘ideological war’: Meira Kumar on presidential election

  Politics | July 06, 2017 14:38 IST

  “The 17 opposition parties unanimously made me their presidential candidate. They believe that I should be at the centre of the ideological war,” Meira Kumar said.

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  Presidential election 2017: Meira Kumar set to campaign in Bihar

  Politics | July 06, 2017 11:18 IST

  Meira Kumar will meet Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) legislators as part of her campaign.

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  President elections: Not a scapegoat, fighting for an ideology, says Meira Kumar

  Politics | July 01, 2017 19:58 IST

  Opposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar today said she was not a scapegoat as anybody fighting for an ideology cannot be a scapegoat.

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  Nominations of Kovind, Meira Kumar found valid

  India | June 29, 2017 17:03 IST

  Nominations of NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind and that of Opposition candidate Meira Kumar were found valid after scrutiny of nominations on Thursday.

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  Ram Nath Kovind arrives in Chandigarh

  India | June 29, 2017 12:36 IST

  National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Chandigarh on Thursday to seek support from Haryana and Punjab legislators.