President:

• The President Of India is the head of state of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces.
•   The President is referred to as the first citizen of India.
•  Although the President vested with these powers by the Constitution of India, the position is largely a ceremonial one and executive powers are de facto exercised by the Prime minister. 

 

 

Election:

 

• The President is elected by the Electoral College composed of elected members of the parliament houses, the Lok sabha, and the Rajya Sabha, and also members of the Vidhan Sabha, the state legislative
•  The Presidents may remain in office for a tenure of five years.
•   In the absence of President ,the vice President assumes the office.

 

 

          List Of Presidents Of India.

 

• There have been 15 presidents of India Since 1950 (adaption of the constitution.)
• Along with 15 presidents there are 3 acting presidents for a short period of time since 1950.

 

 

 

Acting Presidents:

• Varahagiri venkata giri – (3 may 1969 to 20 july 1969). – 78 days (when zakir hussain died durin office).
• Hidayatullah – (20 july 1969 to 24 August 1969). – 35 days  ( when V. V. Giri resigned to take part in presidential election).
• D. Jatti – 11 February to  25  July 1977.) – 164 days. ( when Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed died in office.)

 

Table Showing Presidents List From 1950 to 2002 ( till)

Sl No	Name	State Belongs	Term Period From                                    To		Time in Office
1	Rajendra Prasad	Bihar	26 January 1950	13 May 1962	12 years 107 days
2	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	Tamil Nadu	13  May 1962	13 May 1967	5 years
3	Zakir Hussain	Telangana	13 May 1967	3 May 1969	1 year 355 Days
4	varahagiri Vekata Giri	odisha	3 May 1969	20 July 1969	78 Days
5	M. Hidayatullah	Uttar pradesh	20 July 1969	24 August 1969	35 days
6	Varahagiri Venkata Giri.	Odisha	24 August 1969	24 August 1974	5 years
7	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	National Capital Territory Of Delhi	24 August 1974	11 February 1977	2 years, 171 days
8	B .D. Jatti	karnataka	11 February 1977	25 July 1977	164 days
9	Neelam Sanjiva reddy	Andra pradesh	25 July 1977	25 July 1982	5 years
10	Giani  Zail Singh	Punjab	25 July 1982	25 July 1987	5 years
11	R. Venkataraman	Tamilnadu	25 July 1987	25 July 1992	5 years
12	Shanker Dayal Sharma	Madhya pradesh	25 July 1992	25 July 1997	5 years
13	k.R. Narayan	kerala	25 July 1997	25 July 2002	5 years
14	A.P.J. Abdul Kalam	tamilnadu	25 July 2002	25 July 2007	5 years
15	Pratibha Devisingh Patil	maharashtra	25 July 2007	25 July 2012	5 years
16	Pranab Mukherjee	West Bengal	25 July 2012	25 July 2017	5 years
17	Ram Nath Kovind	Uttar pradesh	25 July 2017	25 July 2022	5 years
18	Droupadi Murmu	Odisha	25 July 2022	incumbent	–

 

16th President Elections:      President Election Result 2022

 

15th President Of India ( Droupadi Murmu).

 

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