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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|none}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=September 2024}}<br /> {{Infobox election<br /> | election_name = 1992 Indian presidential election<br /> | country = India<br /> | type = presidential<br /> | ongoing = no<br /> | previous_election = 1987 Indian presidential election<br /> | previous_year = 1987<br /> | next_election = 1997 Indian presidential election<br /> | next_year = 1997<br /> | election_date = 16 July 1992<br /> | image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}} <br /> | image1_size = 100px<br /> | nominee1 = &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br /> | home_state1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br /> | electoral_vote1 = &#039;&#039;&#039;675,864&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | percentage1 = &#039;&#039;&#039;65.86%&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> | image2 = No image.svg<br /> | image2_size = 100px<br /> | nominee2 = [[George Gilbert Swell]]<br /> | party2 = [[Independent politician|Independent]]<br /> | home_state2 = [[Meghalaya]]<br /> | electoral_vote2 = 346,485<br /> | percentage2 = 33.76%<br /> | color2 = 921647<br /> | 1blank = Swing<br /> | 1data1 = 6.43% {{decrease}}<br /> | 1data2 = &#039;&#039;New&#039;&#039;<br /> | map_image = 1992 Indian Presidential Election.svg<br /> | title = President<br /> | before_election = [[R. Venkataraman]]<br /> | before_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br /> | after_election = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br /> | after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br /> }}<br /> The Election Commission of India held indirect tenth [[President of India|presidential elections of India]] on 13 July 1992, with declaring the results on 16 July. [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] with 675,864 votes won over his nearest rival [[George Gilbert Swell]] who got 346,485 votes.<br /> <br /> ==Candidates==<br /> 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 politician|Independent]] candidate supported by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] and [[National Front (India)|National Front]].<br /> <br /> ==Results==<br /> Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=Backgrounder|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/pr.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000529113554/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/pr.html|archive-date=2000-05-29|access-date=|website=pib.nic.in}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|title=Election to the Office of President of India 2017|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/HandBooks/President_Election_08062017.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712110156/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/HandBooks/President_Election_08062017.pdf|archive-date=2017-07-12|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Media Division, Election Commission of India|page=30}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot; border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> |-<br /> !Candidate<br /> !Electoral Values<br /> |-<br /> |[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br /> |675,864<br /> |-<br /> |[[George Gilbert Swell]]<br /> |346,485<br /> |-<br /> |[[Ram Jethmalani]]<br /> |2,704<br /> |-<br /> |[[Joginder Singh (politician)|Joginder Singh]]<br /> |1,135<br /> |-<br /> |&#039;&#039;&#039;Total&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |&#039;&#039;&#039;1,026,188&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[1992 Indian vice presidential election]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Indian presidential elections}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:1992 elections in India]]<br /> [[Category:Presidential elections in India]]<br /> [[Category:July 1992 in India]]</div>

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