2017 elections in India
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- The elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.
- Ram Nath Kovind was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017.
- Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India.
- A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election.
- Parliamentary By-election Legislative assembly elections Punjab Elections for the State assembly were held on 4 February 2017 with 75 per cent voter turnout.
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WikipediaThe elections in India in 2017 include the seven state legislative assembly elections.
A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 before the term of the President Pranab Mukherjee ended. Ram Nath Kovind was declared the winner after the counting of votes which was held on 20 July 2017.
A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election. M Venkaiah Naidu's victory margin of 272 votes is the highest in a vice presidential election in the last three decades.
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