New Delhi - UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee got the overwhelming support of Parliamentarians in the President’s election securing a vote value of 3,73,116.
Mr. Mukherjee’s rival P.A. Sangma, supported by some opposition parties including BJP, managed to get a vote value of only 1,45,848 in the counting of votes which is in progress at Parliament House, official sources said.
A total of 748 MPs voted in the election on July 19. Of the total votes, Mr. Mukherjee got 527 votes while Sangma got 206.
Fifteen votes including that of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav were invalid.
Earlier report:
Counting of ballots began amidst tight security in Parliament House in the presence of authorised representatives of both Mr. Mukherjee and Mr. Sangma.
The ballot boxes of votes cast in Parliament House were taken up first for counting after which those from the states will be opened.
Authorised representatives inspected the seals of the ballot boxes and the counting began after ascertaining that they were not tampered with.
As many as 95 per cent of the 4,896 electors — 776 MPs and 4,120 MLAs — had exercised their franchise on Thursday at the polling centres set up in Parliament House and 30 other states and Union territories with assemblies.
All the ballot boxes from the states had reached Parliament House on Saturday and were kept in a strong room.
Mr. Mukherjee appears set to win the election comfortably with UPA managers confident that he would bag over seven lakh of vote value of the total votes polled.
The UPA constituents and its key supporting parties like SP, BSP, RJD and others had supported Mr. Mukherjee. Besides, he also got the support of opposition parties like Shiv Sena and JD(U).
Mr. Sangma is expected to garner a vote value of around three lakh
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