Live: Ram Nath Kovind convincingly defeats Meira Kumar, gets over 65 per cent votes

NEW DELHI: Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, will be India's 14th president. Kovind convincingly defeated opposition's Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, winning more than 65 percent of the votes in the Electoral College. LATEST UPDATES: 

• Congratulations to Ram Nath Kovind Ji on being elected the President of India. Best wishes for a fruitful & inspiring tenure, says PM Modi
• I also congratulate Meira Kumar Ji for her campaign, which was in spirit of the democratic ethos & values we all are proud of: PM Modi

State wise final Vote List with Vote Value #PresidentialPoll2017 #RamNathKovind #MeiraKumar pic.twitter.com/04U4t952F3

— Vikas Bhadauria ABP (@vikasbha) July 20, 2017

• Kovind gets 7,02,044 votes against Meira Kumar who won 3,67,314 votes.

UPDATE : #RamNathKovind ahead, gets 4,79,585 voteshttps://t.co/JQJlKZeiOk — ABP News (@abpnewstv) July 20, 2017

• UPDATE : #RamNathKovind ahead in 1st round, gets 3,69,576 votes. #MeiraKumar gets 1,57,176 voteshttps://t.co/JQJlKZeiOk — ABP News (@abpnewstv) July 20, 2017
• In Jharkhand Ramnath Kovind got 51 votes whereas; Meira Kumar got 26 votes
• In Goa, RamNath Kovind got 25 votesd whereas; Meira Kumar got 11 votes
• In Bihar, Ramnath Kovind got 22490 votes, whereas; Meira Kumar got 8867 votes
• Considering the parliamentarians' vote share, Kovind bagged 522 votes whereas; Meira bagged 222 votes
• Counting taking place in hall number 62 of the Parliament
• Celebrations taking place at Kovind's village
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• UPA candidate Meira Kumar speaks on vote counting day "we fought a battle of facts" and also said "I believe in inner voice of conscious"
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• #PresidentialPoll: I believe in inner voice of conscience lets see how much it prevails, says #MeiraKumar— ABP News (@abpnewstv) July 20, 2017
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• Ramnath Kovind's relatives look excited ahead of the final election results
• 4 tables placed for counting the votes
• There would be eight rounds of counting, and the announcements would be made after every round
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• The battle is between NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind, who has worked as a Governor of Bihar  and UPA candidate Meira Kumar, who has worked as a Lok Sabha speaker in the past.
• According to Lok Sabha secretary general Anoop Mishra, first, the ballot box of Parliament House would be opened, and then, the ballot boxes received from states would be counted on alphabetical basis.
• The votes would be counted on four separate tables and there would be eight rounds of counting.
• As per previous trends, usually results for the Presidential Election are declared around 5 PM.