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New Delhi,UPDATED: Jul 20, 2017 23:04 IST
Former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind today won the presidential election with a comfortable margin. Kovind is set to become India's second Dalit president.
After final round of counting, Ram Nath Kovind got 7,02,044 votes out of a total of 10,69,358. His opponent and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar won 3,67,314 votes.
With the backing of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and few other parties, Kovind's victory in the race to the Rashtrapati Bhavan was a cakewalk and was expected.
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