FIRST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 1952
RETURNING OFFICER:
Shri M. N. Kaul, Secretary to Parliament
ASSTT. RETURNING OFFICERS
Secretaries of various State Legislative Assemblies
ELECTION PROGRAMME
1. Notified on 04-04-1952
2. Last date for making nomination 12-04-1952
3. Scrutiny of Nominations on 14-04-1952
4. Last date for withdrawal 17-04-1952
5. Date of Poll 02-05-1952 (11.00 A.M. to 5 P.M.)
6. Counting of votes 06-05-1952
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
The Electoral College consisted of elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and 23 State Legislative Assemblies. The total electors were 4,056.
NO. OF VOTES FOR EACH MEMBER
Each Member of Parliament had 494 votes and the number of votes for each Member of the State Legislative Assemblies differed from State to State on the basis of the population. The lowest value of votes was for the MLAs of Coorg State (7) and highest value of votes was for MLAs of Uttar Pradesh (143). The value of votes was calculated on the basis of 1951 census.
CANDIDATES
The contesting candidates and the votes secured by them were as follows: –
| S. No | CANDIDATE | VOTES POLLED |
| 1. | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | 5,07,400 |
| 2. | Shri K.T. Shah | 92,827 |
| 3. | Shri Thatte Lakshman Ganesh | 2,672 |
| 4. | Shri Hari Ram | 1,954 |
| 5. | Smt. Krishna Kumar Chatterjee | 533 |
| Total | 6,05,386 |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was declared as elected and the notification announcing this was published on 06.05.1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad assumed the office of the President of India on 13.05.1952.
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