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The counting of votes for the Presidential began at 11 AM. First, the ballot box of Parliament House will be opened, and then, the ballot papers received from states will be counted in alphabetical order.
NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind and Opposition candidate Meira Kumar are in the fray for the top constitutional post. The Election was held on 17th of this month and around 99 per cent voting was recorded. Out of 771 Member of Parliament of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha 768 cast their votes while of 4100 state legislators, 4075 excercised their franchise.
The votes will be counted on four separate tables and there would be eight rounds of counting. The numbers are in favour of the ruling coalition’s nominee Ram Nath Kovind, a former Bihar governor, over the opposition’s candidate Meira Kumar. The candidate who secures at least one vote more than 50 per cent of the total votes will enter into the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The term of present incumbent Pranab Mukherjee comes to an end on the 24th of this month.
