NEW DELHI, July 22: UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee today emerged victorious in the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
According to officials, Mr Mukherjee bagged more than 5,58,000 vote-value, out of the total 8 lakh (approximate) polled in Presidential Election 2012.
Out of the total 748 MPs, Mr Mukherjee got the support of 527 while his rival, PA Sangma polled 206 votes in his favour. A total of 15 votes were declared invalid.
Each MP has a vote value of 708. There are a total of 776 voters in both the Houses of Parliament.
The Electoral College also consists of 4,120 MLAs in the states.
Mr Mukherjee will be administered the oath of office by the Chief Justice of India on July 25 at 1130 hrs.
Among the states, there was apparent cross-voting in Karnataka where BJP runs a government. Mr Mukherjee got the majority votes in the 224-member Assembly with 117 MLAs voting for him.
Mr Sangma could net only 103 votes while three votes were invalid. One MLA did not vote. The value of votes polled to Mr Mukherjee was 15,327 while it was 13,493 for Mr Sangma.
In Andhra Pradesh, which has a 294-member Assembly, Mr Mukherjee got the support of 182 MLAs including that of Congress and YSR Congress, while Mr Sangma received the support of three. Five were invalid. In terms of vote value, Mr Mukherjee got 26,936 while Mr Sangma got 444. A total of 190 MLAs voted because TDP and TRS abstained. Each MLA in Andhra Pradesh has a vote value of 148.
In the 126-member Assam Assembly, Mr Mukherjee got 110 votes while Mr Sangma got 13. Two votes were invalid while one did not vote. In terms of vote value, Mr Mukherjee got 12,760 while Mr Sangma got 1,508.
In Bihar too, where the ruling JD(U) has declared support for Mr Mukherjee, the UPA candidate got 146 out of the 240 votes polled in the 243-member Assembly. Mr Sangma got 90, mostly from BJP, which shares power with JD(U). Mr Mukherjee’s vote value in the state was 25,258 while for Mr Sangma it was 15,570. Three votes were invalid while one did not vote.
In the 90-member Haryana Assembly, Mr Mukherjee got 53 votes while Mr Sangma received 29. Eight were invalid. In terms of vote value, Mr Mukherjee got 5,936 and Mr Sangma got 3,248.
Mr Mukherjee got 59 votes and Mr Sangma 123 votes in 182-member
Gujarat Assembly where BJP has the majority. In terms of vote value, Mr Mukherjee got 8,673 while Mr Sangma got 18,081.
In BJP-ruled states of Chhattisgarh and Goa, Mr Sangma got a majority of votes.
In the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly, 39 votes went to Mr Mukherjee while Mr Sangma got 50. One vote was invalid. In terms of vote value, Mr Mukherjee got 5,031 while Mr Sangma got 6,450.
Mr Mukherjee got 9 votes and Mr Sangma 31 in 40-member Goa Assembly. In terms of vote value, Mr Mukherjee got 180 while Mr Sangma got 620.
Mr Mukherjee led Jammu and Kashmir and surprisingly in Jharkhand where BJP shares power with JMM. In BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh Mr Mukherjee trailed as expected.
In the 68-member Himachal Pradesh Assembly, Mr Mukherjee got 23
votes while Mr Sangma won 44 votes. One vote was invalid. Mr Mukherjee’s vote value was 1,173 while it was 2,244 for Mr Sangma.
Jammu and Kashmir gave Mr Mukherjee 68 votes while Mr Sangma got 15 votes. Two votes were declared invalid. Mr Mukherjee’s vote value here stands at 4,896 while Mr Sangma got 1,080. The Assembly has 87 MLAs.
In the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly, Mr Mukherjee got 60 votes while Sangma won 20. Mr Mukherjee’s vote value is 10,560 while Mr Sangma stands at 3,520.
In Kerala, it was a clean sweep for Mr Mukherjee. He won all the 124 votes polled while one was invalid. Mr Sangma drew a blank. CPI and RSP members abstained from voting which has a 140 member Assembly. Vote value for Mr Mukherjee in Kerala stood at 18,848.
In the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Mr Mukherjee got 73 votes while Mr Sangma got 156. Four votes were invalid. In terms of the vote share, Mr Mukherjee got 9,563 and Mr Sangma 20,436.
The polling percentage was less than expected this time with only 72 per cent of the total votes – valued at 11 lakh – polled.
The vote of Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had been declared invalid by the Election Commission on the ground that he violated the code of secrecy by revealing his vote. Mr Yadav had initially voted for Mr Sangma and then torn the ballot paper when he realised his mistake.
(AGENCIES)
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