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Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma being sworn in as the President of India, 1992. K.R. Narayanan taking oath as President of India on July 25, 1997. He was
He was previously India's eighth Vice President between September 3, 1987 previously the ninth Vice President of India between August 21, 1992
and July 24, 1992 and July 24, 1997
The Tenth Presidential Election (1992) was won by The Twelfth Presidential Election, 2002 brought a fresh
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, the then Vice President, in a whiff of air in politics. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, India's
four cornered contest. The results declared on July 16, missile man, was pitted against Dr. Lakshmi Sahgal, the
1992, made mid-term Vice Presidential elections 88-year medical practitioner, who once led Rani Jhansi
inevitable. In the Vice Presidential elections held on brigade in Indian National Army of Netaji Subhas Chandra
August 19, 1992, K.R. Narayanan emerged as winner. Bose. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam won the elections by eight
Prior to the Eleventh Presidential Election, 1997 an lakh plus votes on July 18, 2002 to become the new
ordinance promulgated on June 5, 1997, amended the occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Presidential and Vice Presidential Act, 1952. Thereby, the
number of Proposers and Seconders for Presidential
aspirants was raised from ten each to fifty each. For Vice
Presidential aspirants it was raised from five each to
twenty each. The security amount was raised from
INR 2,500 to INR 15,000/-.
On July 17, 1997, K.R. Narayanan became the third Vice
President in a row to win the Presidential elections. He
defeated T.N. Seshan, the former Chief Election
Commissioner. At 9,56,290 K.R. Narayanan obtained highest
ever votes secured in the history of Presidential elections.
The margin of victory, exceeding nine lakh votes, was the
highest in history. In the Vice Presidential elections held on
August 16, 1997 Krishan Kant emerged as the winner. Krishan Kant being sworn in as the Vice President of India,1997

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