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The Election Commission of India held the first presidential elections of India on 2 May 1952. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his first election with 507,400 votes (83.81%) over his nearest rival K. T. Shah who got 92,827 votes (15.3%).
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 4 April 1952.[1]
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Poll Event
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Date
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| 1.
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Last Date for filing nomination
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12 April 1952
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| 2.
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Date for Scrutiny of nomination
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14 April 1952
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| 3.
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Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination
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17 April 1952
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| 4.
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Date of Poll
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2 May 1952
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| 5.
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Date of Counting
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6 May 1952
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Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website[2][3][4]
| Candidate
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Electoral Values
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| Rajendra Prasad
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507,400
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| K. T. Shah
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92,827
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| Lakshman Ganesh Thatte
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2,672
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| Chowdhry Hari Ram
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1,954
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| Krishna Kumar Chatterjee
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533
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| Total
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605,386
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