Candidate after candidate was cast out until only Giri and Reddy remained in fray. 1st Presidential poll (1952) Candidate Name Votes Dr. Rajendra Prasad 507,400 K.T. Khanna Independent 282,685 9th Presidential poll (1987) Candidate Name Party Votes R. Venkataraman Indian National Congress 740,148 V. R. Krishna Iyer Independent 281,550 Mithilesh Kumar Independent 2,223 10th Presidential poll (1992) Candidate Name Party Votes Shankar Dayal Sharma Indian Nationlal Congress 675,864 G.G. Swell Independent 346,485 Ram Jethmalani Independent 2,704 11th Presidential poll (1997) Candidate Name Party Votes K.R. Dharti Pakad Independent 1,135 12th Presidential poll (2002) Candidate Name Party Votes Abdul Kalam Independent 922,884 Lakshmi Sahgal CPI(M) 107,366 13th Presidential poll (2007) Candidate Name Party Votes Pratibha Patil Indian National Congress 638,116 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Independent 331,306 14th Presidential poll (2012) Candidate Name Party Votes Pranabh Mukherjee Indian National Congress/UPA 713,763 P.A.Sangma Independent 315,987(Interactive by Samarth Bansal)

Source: Hindustan Times April 26, 2017 04:30 UTC