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The 2017 presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee , whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, [ 2 ] declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.
A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi , who got 244 votes.
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 November 2017 to elect all 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Legislative Assembly ended on 7 January 2017. Since 2012, the Indian National Congress Party was in power in the outgoing assembly with 36 seats.
The nominated members of the mentioned houses are also eligible to vote in the election process. [4] In the election, voting will be done by a secret ballot and the members of parliament will use a "special pen" to mark their preference. [5] For the 2017 election, the electoral college consists of Rajya Sabha members: 233 elected and 12 nominated
Various organisations/agencies have been conducting Exit polls to predict voter intentions in the legislative assembly elections. Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran had published an exit poll promoting BJP, after first phase of the election. This led to its editor being arrested for violating the ban on exit polls during the election. [25]
20 July – Ram Nath Kovind won the 2017 Indian presidential election with 65.65% votes against Meira Kumar, the presidential candidate of the opposition. [33] 25 July – Ram Nath Kovind took oath as 14th President of India. 26 July – Nitish Kumar resigns as Chief Minister of Bihar, breaking the coalition with RJD & Indian National Congress ...
Dainik Bhaskar (lit. ' The Daily Sun ') is a Hindi-language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. [2] According to the World Association of Newspapers, it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit Bureau of Circulations was the largest newspaper in India by circulation as of 2022.
Pages in category "2017 elections in India" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...