UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee will be India's 13th president. He got the overwhelming support of parliamentarians in the President's election on Sunday as he crossed the half way mark and won the presidential elections by a landslide margin. He defeated his close rival BJP-backed P Sangma. Pranab Mukherjee got a vote value of 5,58,194, crossing the required half-way mark of 5,25,140 after counting of votes in half the states was over

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Pranab Mukherjee voted India's 13th President

UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee will be India's 13th president. He got the overwhelming support of parliamentarians in the President's election on Sunday as he crossed the half way mark and won the presidential elections by a landslide margin. He defeated his close rival BJP-backed P Sangma. Pranab Mukherjee got a vote value of 5,58,194, crossing the required half-way mark of 5,25,140 after counting of votes in half the states was over. (Agencies)

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Counting of ballots began amidst tight security in Parliament House here in the presence of authorised representatives of both Mukherjee and Sangma. (Agencies)

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The ballot boxes of votes cast in Parliament House were taken up first for counting after which those from the states will be opened. Authorised representatives inspected the seals of the ballot boxes and the counting began after ascertaining that they were not tampered with. (Agencies)

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All the ballot boxes from the states had reached Parliament House yesterday and were kept in a strong room. (Agencies)

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The UPA constituents and its key supporting parties like SP, BSP, RJD and others had supported Mukherjee. Besides, he also got the support of opposition parties like Shiv Sena and JD(U). (Agencies)

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