MPs have queued up in the Parliament to cast their vote to elect the 15th President of India. A total of 776 Members of Parliament and 4,033 MLAs voted in the Presidential elections. NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu was elected the 15th President of India. She emerged victorious after crossing the halfway mark in the third round of counting, as she defeated the opposition’s candidate Yashwant Sinha and became the first tribal woman as a President.
By Sipra Das
Feroz Varun Gandhi, MP, BJPSonia Gandhi, president of the Indian National Congress Shibu Soren, president of Jharkand Mukti MorchaShashi Tharoor, Member of the Lok SabhaRahul Gandhi, Member of the parliament, CongressNirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance of IndiaOm Birla, Speaker of the Lok Sabha Navneet Rana, Member of the Lok SabhaNarendra Damodardas Modi, Prime Minister of IndiaMeenakshi Lekhi Minister of Culture of IndiaDr Manmohan SinghMallikarjun Kharge, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya SabhaRajnath Singh, Minister of Defence of IndiaK. C. Venugopal, Member of Rajya SabhaHema Malini, Member of Parliament, BJPSmriti Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development of India Harbhajan Singh, Member of Rajya SabhaKanimozhi Karunanidhi, Member of the Lok SabhaDMK PartyBJP ministers: Prakash Javadekar, Member of Rajya Sabha (Right)Biju Janta Dal party MPsAmit Shah, Home Minister of India
