1982 Indian presidential election


The Election Commission of India held indirect eighth 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.
Zail Singh was the first and till date only Sikh to be the President of India.

Candidates

Potential opposition candidates included N. G. Goray former high commissioner to London, and Bhola Paswan Shastri, former Rajya Sabha member.

Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 9 June 1982.

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website
CandidateElectoral Values
Zail Singh754,113
Hans Raj Khanna282,685
Total1,036,798