Voting for the presidential election in which NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against joint Opposition pick Yashwant Sinha concluded at 5 p.m. on July 18. Polling began at 10 a.m. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote.
The presidential poll has been conducted peacefully and cordially everywhere; the total turnout at Parliament is 99.18%, said Chief Returning Officer P.C. Mody.
According to the Returning Officer, out of 736 electors (727 MPs, nine MLAs) permitted by EC to vote in Parliament in the presidential poll, 730 (721 MPs, nine MLAs) votes.
