NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has won with over 50% margin as compared to the Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha after the end of the final round of counting of votes which started at 11 a.m. on Thursday.
The counting took place in Room No 63 in Parliament House and the result will be declared immediately after the counting. The immediate precincts of Room Number 63 were declared as sanitised and “silent zone”.
Only counting officers, officials deployed to assist the Rajya Sabha Secretary General, candidates and one authorised representative of each candidate, observers appointed by the Election Commission and media persons with valid passes are allowed to enter into the counting hall.
Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody is the returning officer for the Presidential election.
Out of 736 electors comprising 727 MPs and nine MLAs permitted by the Election Commission to vote at the Parliament house, 728 (719 MPs and nine MLAs) cast their votes. The total turnout at Parliament House was 98.91 per cent.
The voting took place on July 18.
