1957 Indian presidential election

1957 Indian presidential election
6 May 1957
 
Nominee Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary Hari Ram
Party INC Independent
Home state Bihar Punjab
Electoral vote 459,698 2,672
Percentage 98.99% 0.58%
President before election

Rajendra Prasad
INC

Elected President

Rajendra Prasad
INC

The Election Commission of India held indirect second presidential elections of India on 6 May 1957. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his rivals Chaudhary Hari Ram and Nagendra Narayan Das, who received 2,672 votes and 2,000 votes respectively. Prasad has been the only person to have won and served two terms as the president of India.

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