The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth presidential elections of India on 12 July 1982. Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival Hans Raj Khanna who got 282,685 votes.[1]
Zail Singh was the first and till date only Sikh to be the President of India.
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Candidates
Potential opposition candidates included N. G. Goray former high commissioner to London, and Bhola Paswan Shastri, former Rajya Sabha member.[2]
Schedule
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 June 1982.[3]
S.No.
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Poll Event
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Date
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1.
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Last Date for filing nomination
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23 June 1982
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2.
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Date for Scrutiny of nomination
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24 June 1982
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3.
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Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
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26 June 1982
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4.
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Date of Poll
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12 July 1982
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5.
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Date of Counting
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15 July 1982
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Results
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[4]
See also
References
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