1952 Indian presidential election


The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on May 2, 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 507,400 votes over his nearest rival K. T. Shah who got 92,827 votes.

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website
CandidateElectoral Values
Rajendra Prasad507,400
K. T. Shah92,827
Lakshman Ganesh Thatte2,672
Chowdhry Hari Ram1,954
Krishna Kumar Chatterjee533
Total605,386