Presidential Election dates declared by ECI
09 Jun 2022 16:45:29
New Delhi, Jun 9: The election for the next President of India will be held on July 18, the Election Commission said on June 9. The counting will take place on July 21, the poll panel said.
The term of the current President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24 and an election for the next president has to be held before that day.
Announcing the schedule for electing the 16th President of India, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that the notification for the voting will be issued on June 15, the last date of filing nomination will be June 29, and the date of scrutiny of candidates will be June 30 and the last date of withdrawing nominations would be July 2. "The voting will be held on July 18 and the counting, if required on July 21," Kumar said.
In 2017, the presidential polls were held on July 17 and the counting took place on July 20. Then, National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind bagged 661,278 votes (65.65 percent) while Congress-led Opposition’s Meira Kumar won 434,241 votes (34.35 percent).