The Presidential elections were held on 17th July 2017 and the voting count started on 20th July 2017 and the results were announced on the day. Ramnath Kovind, the Governor of Bihar from Paraunkh in Kanpur contested against
Meira Kumar
. Meira is the former Member of Parliament from Congress Party and she had been the Lok Sabha Speaker. Meira Kumar is the daughter of Jagjivan Ram, the former deputy PM of India. Ramnath Kovind won the election by majority votes and he will be the 14th President of India. Today, Ramanth will swear in as the President. Chief Ministers and the Governors of all the states will take part in the swearing in ceremony. The function will start at 12:15 PM.