Ram Nath Kovind is the 14th President of India

Of 747 valid votes of MPs, Kovind takes 522 (65.65%) against Meira’s 225 (34.35%)

HOW STATES VOTED

In Jammu and Kashmir Assembly with the strength of 87 legislators, Kovind garnered 56 votes (4,032 value), almost twice of Meira Kumar who got 30 (2,160 value).

nAndhra: Kovind 171, Kumar 0
nArunachal : Kovind 56, Kumar 3
nUP: Kovind 335, Kumar 65
nNagaland: Kovind 56, Kumar 1
nRajasthan: Kovind 166, Kumar 34
nOrissa: Kovind 127, Kumar 16
nMaharashtra: Kovind 208, Kumar 77
nDelhi: Kovind 6, Kumar 55
nPuducherry: Kovind 10, Kumar 19
nGoa: Kovind 25, Kumar 11
nUttarakhand: Kovind 59, Kumar 11
nPunjab: Kovind 18, Kumar 95
nGujarat: Kovind 132, Kumar 49
nHaryana: Kovind 73, Kumar 16
nJharkhand: Kovind 51, Kumar 26
nAssam: Kovind 91, Kumar 35
nBihar: Kovind 130, Kumar 109
nChhattisgarh: Kovind 52, Kumar 35
nGoa: Kovind 25, Kumar 11
nHimachal : Kovind 30, Kumar 37
nMP: Kovind, Kovind 171, Kumar 57
nKarnataka: Kovind 56, Kumar 163
nKerala: Kovind 1, Kumar 138
nWest Bengal: Kovind 11, Kumar 273
nTripura: Kovind 7, Kumar 53
nMeghalaya: Kovind 8, Kumar 41
nMizoram: Kovind 6, Kumar 31
nManipur: Kovind 37, Kumar 19
nSikkim: Kovind 28, Kumar 1
nTelangana: Kovind 97, Kumar 20
nTamil Nadu: Kovind 134, Kumar 98

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New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, was today elected as India's 14th president receiving an overwhelming majority of votes from the country's lawmakers.
Kovind defeated opposition's Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, garnering more than 65 percent of the votes in the Electoral College, the Returning Officer for the poll announced today.
The 71-year old, who will be the second Dalit to hold the top constitutional position, received 2930 votes with a value of 702044, the returning officer, Anoop Mishra, said.
Kovind will be the first BJP member to be elected president.
Kumar, also a Dalit, polled in 1844 votes with a value of 367314.
The Electoral College comprises of Members of Parliament and members of legislative assemblies of all states.
A total of 4,896 voters -- 4,120 MLAs and 776 elected MPs -- were eligible to cast their ballot. MLCs of states with legislative council are not part of the electoral college.
While the value of an MLA's vote depends on the population of his or her state, the value of an MP's vote remains the same at 708.
The polling was marked by cross-voting in various states where many opposition members favoured Kovind.
The Vice-Presidential election will be held on August 5.
While BJP has nominated a former party president, Venkaiah Naidu, the opposition has fielded former West Bengal governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi.