1957 Indian presidential election

1957 Indian presidential election

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Nominee Rajendra Prasad Chowdhry Hari Ram Party INC Independent Home state Bihar Punjab Electoral vote 459,698 2,672 Percentage 98.99% 0.58%

President before election Rajendra Prasad INC Elected President Rajendra Prasad INC

The Election Commission of India held indirect second presidential elections of India on 6 May 1957. Dr. Rajendra Prasad won his re-election with 459,698 votes over his rivals Chowdhry Hari Ram who got 2,672 votes and Nagendra Narayan Das who got 2,000 votes. Rajendra Prasad, has been the only person, to have won and served two terms, as President of India.