National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate and former Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind has a clear edge with 70% of the electoral college votes over rival candidate and former Speaker Meira Kumar, who has been supported by the Congress and other opposition parties. I thank members of the electoral college.”

“I neither thought I would be elected to this post, nor was this my aim. Presidential Election 2017 counting: Ram Nath Kovind has emerged as the leader after receiving 1,389 votes with the value of 479585 after the first round counting whereas Meira Kumar received gets 576 with the value of 20,4594 after counting in Parliament House, 11 states.
Ram Nath Kovind has won the Indian presidential election after securing over two-thirds of the total electoral college votes.