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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1952 Indian presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1950 Indian presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1950<br />
| next_election = 1957 Indian presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1957<br />
| election_date = 2 May 1952<br />
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Food Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=12|oTop=07}} <br />
| nominee1 = '''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''<br />
| party1 = Indian National Congress<br />
| home_state1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''507,400'''<br />
| percentage1 = '''83.81%'''<br />
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=k.T. Shah.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=12|oTop=07}}<br />
| nominee2 = [[K. T. Shah]]<br />
| color2 = FFC0CB<br />
| party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br />
| home_state2 = [[Bombay]]<br />
| electoral_vote2 = 92,827<br />
| percentage2 = 15.33%<br />
| map_image=File:1952 Indian Presidential Election.svg<br />
| title = [[President of India|President]]<br />
| before_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]] (Interim)<br />
| before_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| after_election = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| after_party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
}}<br />
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The Election Commission of India held the first [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on 2 May 1952. [[Rajendra Prasad|Dr. Rajendra Prasad]] won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival [[K. T. Shah]] who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 4 April 1952.<ref name=presElection2017>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6925-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-president-of-india-2017/ |title=Background material related to Election to the office of President of India 2017 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 30 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!S.No.<br />
!Poll Event<br />
!Date<br />
|-<br />
!1.<br />
| Last Date for filing nomination<br />
| 12 April 1952<br />
|-<br />
!2.<br />
| Date for Scrutiny of nomination<br />
| 14 April 1952<br />
|-<br />
!3.<br />
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination<br />
| 17 April 1952<br />
|-<br />
!4.<br />
| Date of Poll<br />
| 2 May 1952<br />
|-<br />
!5.<br />
| '''Date of Counting'''<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| '''6 May 1952'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Results==<br />
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf|format=PDF|title=Election Commission of India|website=Eci.gov.in|accessdate=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102100656/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/PresdElec/BriefNotes.pdf|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm |title=Presidential Candidates (from 1952 to 2007) |access-date=2009-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220151139/http://www.indiaonestop.com/Presidency/presidential_candidates.htm |archive-date=2017-12-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 |title=First real contest for office of President witnessed in 1967 |access-date=2009-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201348/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/02june08/national.htm#1 |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable" border="1"<br />
|-<br />
!Candidate<br />
!Electoral Values<br />
|-<br />
|'''[[Rajendra Prasad]]'''<br />
|'''507,400'''<br />
|-<br />
|[[K. T. Shah]]<br />
|92,827<br />
|-<br />
|Lakshman Ganesh Thatte<br />
|2,672<br />
|-<br />
|Chaudhary Hari Ram<br />
|1,954<br />
|-<br />
|Krishna Kumar Chatterjee<br />
|533<br />
|-<br />
|'''Total'''<br />
|'''605,386'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1952 Indian vice presidential election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian presidential elections}}<br />
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[[Category:1952 elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:Presidential elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:May 1952 in Asia]]</div>
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