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Ram Nath Kovind has a distinct advantage over his rival Meira Kumar Politics News  : Counting of the votes cast to decide who will be India's new President will begin on Thursday from 11 am. The result will decide the fate of the two contenders — the ruling NDA's candidate  Ram Nath Kovind , who has a clear edge, and the combined Opposition nominee  Meira Kumar . The candidate who secures at least one vote more than 50 per cent of the total votes will become India's 14th President and enter the  Rashtrapati Bhavan . The final result of the  presidential election 2017  is expected to be out by 5 pm today. Officials said that all preparations have been made for the vote count and that all ballot boxes had already reached Parliament House by Tuesday evening amid tight security. Also Read :   Presidential election 2017 India: Kovind or Meira Kumar, who will be the next Rashtrapati? They said the counting would begin at 11 am simultaneou...

President election: The MPs will vote on Green ballots and the MLAs will vote on pink ballots The elected representative of the Parliament and various state assemblies on Monday will vote to elect India's next President. There are two candidates in the fray for the coveted post- National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Meira Kumar. President Pranab Mukherjee's term is expiring on July 25. In the last  presidential elections 2017  in 2012, Pranab Mukherjee had defeated P A Sangma and got over 69 per cent votes. Ram Nath Kovind, former Governor of Bihar, was announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA's candidate for the post of President of India by BJP president Amit Shah on June 19, 2017. Kovind is a leader and a politician from the BJP. Kovind filed his nomination for the election on June 23, 2017. Also Read :  Presidential elections 2017: Kovind likely to sail through as ...

She is slated to launch a campaign from the Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30 Opposition presidential candidate   Ram Nath Kovind VS Meira Kumar   on Wednesday filed her nomination in the presence of top Congress and opposition leaders. Kumar, who filed her papers with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on one side and former prime minister Manmohan Singh on the other, will launch her campaign from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30. Politics News :   Accompanying the former Lok Sabha Speaker as she filed her nomination in Parliament House were a host of opposition leaders, including NCP's Sharad Pawar and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury. Also Read :   Sonia leads Oppn support to Meira, says Prez polls an ideological battle Sonia Gandhi and other top Congress and opposition leaders were amongst those who proposed and seconded her nomination. The nomination papers will be scrutinised on Thursday. Kumar, who will contest agai...