July 12, 1982 1987 → | 754,113 282,685 | |
The Election Commission of India held indirect 8th presidential elections of India on July 1982. Zail Singh with 754,113 votes won over his nearest rival H.R. Khanna who got 282,685 votes. Zail Singh was the first Sikh to be President of India, and along with Manmohan Singh, were the only two Sikhs, to hold one of the highest national power in India.
Results
Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website
References
Indian presidential election, 1982 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA