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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1982 Indian presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1977 Indian presidential election
| previous_year = 1977
| next_election = 1987 Indian presidential election
| next_year = 1987
| election_date = 12 July 1982
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=President of India Giani Zail Singh (cropped).jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| nominee1 = '''[[Zail Singh]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| home_state1 = [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''754,113'''
| percentage1 = '''72.73%'''
| image2 =
| nominee2 = [[Hans Raj Khanna]]
| party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| home_state2 = [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]
| color2 = 800080
| electoral_vote2 = 282,685
| percentage2 = 27.27%
| title = President
| before_election = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
| before_party = Janata Party
| after_election = [[Zail Singh]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)
| map_image = 1982 Indian Presidential Election.svg
| map_size = 300px
}}
The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth [[President of India|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.<ref>http://164.100.47.5/presidentelection/8th.pdf Election Commission of India</ref>
Zail Singh was the first and till date only [[Sikh]] to be the President of India.

== Candidates ==
Potential opposition candidates included [[Narayan Ganesh Gore|N. G. Goray]] former high commissioner to London, and [[Bhola Paswan Shastri]], former Rajya Sabha member.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Giani Zail Singh poised to become the seventh President of India |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19820715-giani-zail-singh-poised-to-become-the-seventh-president-of-india-771992-2013-10-18 |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Schedule==
The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 9 June 1982.<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>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!S.No.
!Poll Event
!Date
|-
!1.
| Last Date for filing nomination
| 23 June 1982
|-
!2.
| Date for Scrutiny of nomination
| 24 June 1982
|-
!3.
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
| 26 June 1982
|-
!4.
| Date of Poll
| 12 July 1982
|-
!5.
| '''Date of Counting'''
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center| '''15 July 1982'''
|-
|}

==Results==
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website<ref>http://www.aol.in/news-story/the-indian-president-past-winners-and-losers/2007061905199019000001 AOL news (Past and present Presidential Results)</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Candidate
!Electoral Values
|-
|[[Zail Singh]]
|754,113
|-
|[[Hans Raj Khanna]]
|282,685
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,036,798'''
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[1979 Indian vice presidential election]]

==References==
<references/>

{{Indian presidential elections}}

[[Category:1982 elections in India]]
[[Category:Presidential elections in India]]
[[Category:July 1982 in India]]

1982 Indian presidential election - Revision history

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