Election Name: | 1992 Indian presidential election |
Country: | India |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1987 Indian presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1987 |
Next Election: | 1997 Indian presidential election |
Next Year: | 1997 |
Election Date: | 16 July 1992 |
Image1: | Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg |
Image1 Size: | 100px |
Nominee1: | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Party1: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
Home State1: | Madhya Pradesh |
Electoral Vote1: | 675,864 |
Percentage1: | 65.86% |
Image2 Size: | 100px |
Nominee2: | George Gilbert Swell |
Party2: | Independent |
Home State2: | Meghalaya |
Electoral Vote2: | 346,485 |
Percentage2: | 33.76% |
Color2: | 921647 |
1Blank: | Swing |
1Data1: | 6.43% |
1Data2: | New |
President | |
Before Election: | R. Venkataraman |
Before Party: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
After Election: | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
After Party: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
The Election Commission of India held indirect tenth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1992. Shankar Dayal Sharma with 675,864 votes won over his nearest rival George Gilbert Swell who got 346,485 votes.
This presidential election, saw many candidates competing for the presidency, due to the divide nationally for power. The top two candidates were, Shankar Dayal Sharma, put forth by Indian National Congress and George Gilbert Swell, member of Rajya Sabha, from Meghalaya, as the Independent candidate supported by the BJP and National Front.
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[1] [2]
Candidate | Electoral Values |
---|---|
Shankar Dayal Sharma | 675,864 |
George Gilbert Swell | 346,485 |
Ram Jethmalani | 2,704 |
Kaka Joginder Singh | 1,135 |
Total | 1,026,188 |