Pa Sangma Presidential Poll

• PA Sangma moves Supreme Court against Pranab Mukherjee's election as President

  Former Lok Sabha Speaker and NDA's presidential candidate PA Sangma has moved Supreme Court challenging the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President. Mr Sangma wants Mr Mukherjee's election set aside because he was holding office of profit on the date of his nomination.

• I wish Pranab Mukherjee success, says PA Sangma

  Congratulating Pranab Mukherjee for winning the presidential poll, opposition candidate Purno Sangma said the nation had lost an opportunity to elevate a tribal candidate to the post of the president.

• Pranab Mukherjee helped by cross voting in Karnataka BJP

  Pranab Mukherjee getting a lion's share of votes in the presidential elections was expected. The BJP-ruled Karnataka giving him giving him more votes than it did PA Sangma was not. But the state has proved to be the BJP's Achilles Heel once again. Massive cross-voting in Karnataka helped Mr Mukherjee get 53 per cent of the vote from that state. He...

• President poll: Here's how MPs and MLAs voted

  Pranab Mukherjee will be the 13th President of India. Sources say he has now crossed the magic mark - 5.25 lakh of the 10.5 lakh total votes, and as soon as counting is over, he shall be officially declared winner.

• President election result today; Pranab Mukherjee all set to win the race to Raisina Hill

  It's the final day of the race to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The counting of votes for the Presidential elections will take place today and the country will know who will replace Pratibha Patil. The Congress-led UPA has claimed its candidate former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will win around 70 per cent of the votes in the direct contest with PA...

• Cancel Mulayam's second ballot: Sangma camp

  PA Sangma's camp has charged Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav with tearing his ballot paper after mistakenly voting in favour of the BJP-backed candidate in Presidential poll and demanded cancellation of the second ballot paper issued to him.

• Mulayam Singh Yadav votes for PA Sangma by mistake, corrects himself

  Mulayam Singh Yadav almost gave the Congress a second jolt today. Like the first, a few weeks ago, it was to do with the presidential elections. Unlike the first, this would have been inadvertent. In a major sidelight, the Samajwadi Party chief reportedly ticked Purno Sangma's name while voting for the next President of India.

• Andhra Pradesh speaker first to vote in presidential poll

  Polling to elect India's new president proceeded smoothly and briskly in the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Thursday with speaker Nadendla Manohar the first to cast his vote.

• Presidential poll today; advantage Pranab Mukherjee in contest against PA Sangma

  The stage is all set for the Presidential poll today with UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee going up against former Lok Sabha speaker PA Sangma. The numbers are heavily stacked in Mr Mukherjee's favour, who whipped coalition partners into shape and quelled scandals as the Congress party's chief firefighter for years.

• Sangma winds up campaign, meets Jayalalithaa

  Winding up his campaign for the Presidential election, NDA candidate PA Sangma today met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and thanked her for supporting his candidature for the top post.

• Presidential polls could be as significant as 1969: PA Sangma

  Enthused by backing from 18 political parties, opposition Presidential Candidate P A Sangma on Sunday hoped to draw support from some more parties and said the July 19 polls could be as significant as the one held in 1969 when V V Giri defeated the Congress candidate.

• PA Sangma draws flak from Tamil Nadu rights group over president remark

  Taking objection to the comments made by Opposition-backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma on the suitability of a person for the top position, a disability rights group on Saturday demanded that he withdraw his remarks.

• President polls: PA Sangma seeks order on Pranab's nomination; BJP ups the ante

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met other party leaders in Delhi today to finalise new strategy after PA Sangma's demand for disqualification of Pranab Mukherjee from the presidential race was rejected yesterday.

• Pranab Mukherjee's nomination for President accepted; BJP cries foul: 10 developments

  It will be a Pranab Mukherjee versus Purno Sangma race to Rashtrapati Bhawan. The returning officer for the Presidential polls - VK Agnihotri today accepted the nomination papers of Pranab Mukherjee and PA Sangma.

• Presidential poll: PA Sangma's nomination papers accepted

  The nomination papers of opposition-backed PA Sangma for the Presidential poll were accepted on Tuesday by the returning officer after scrutiny.