Droupadi Murmu Ahead By Huge Margin In Presidential Election After Round 1 | Read
NDA's Droupadi Murmu got a significant lead as votes of MPs were counted first. Of the 748 valid votes, she got 540, while Yashwant Sinha was at 204. Going by a formula based on population and assembly seats, MPs' votes carries a value of 5.2 lakh (about half of the electoral college). Ms Murmu has got 3.8 lakh; Mr Sinha, 1.4 lakh. India, thus, looks set to get its first tribal President, and only the second woman.
