<P> Pranab Mukherjee INC </P> <P> Ram Nath Kovind BJP </P> <P> A presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017 . Ram Nath Kovind became 14th president of India (Dr Rajendra Prasad had became twice the president of India) President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, declined to seek re-election due to health concerns . </P> <P> Governor of Bihar Ram Nath Kovind of the Bharatiya Janata Party had the backing of the governing National Democratic Alliance coalition, and went up against opposition candidate Meira Kumar of the Indian National Congress in the vote . Kovind secured roughly two thirds of the votes from the electoral college of elected members of federal, state and union territory legislatures and was elected to a five - year term as President . Kovind's term of office began on 25 July 2017 . </P>

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