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This Article is From Jul 17, 2017

Presidential Election 2017 Highlights: Ram Nath Kovind vs Meira Kumar; Voting Ends

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Updated : July 17, 2017 8:28 pm IST

Presidential Election 2017 LIVE: Voting is under way to elect the next President of India

New Delhi: Former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar will face off in the elections to pick India's 14th President. Voting has ended for for a battle that the opposition has pitched as "ideological". Ms Kumar's candidature was announced by the opposition only after the ruling NDA had named its candidate; Prime Minister Narendra Modi's choice of a Dalit candidate was seen as a masterstroke to divide the opposition and keep allies together. Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United broke ranks with the opposition to announce support for Mr Kovind and BJP's fractious ally Shiv Sena found itself outmanoeuvred. In this election, the numbers are stacked against the opposition. The BJP and allies have well over 60 per cent of the vote.
 

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See you on counting day!

Click here for all the latest updates on 2017 Presidential Poll. The race to Rashtrapati Bhavan will end on July 20. Till then, this is us signing off.
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The secret box that holds the name of India's next President

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(Yogi Adityanath casting his vote at Assembly building for Presidential Election in Lucknow. )
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JUST IN: Voting for the presidential elections ends, results to be announced on July 20.
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(Mamata Banerjee casts her vote during Presidential election 2017 at West Bengal Legislative Assembly in Kolkata.)
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