The Election Commission of India held indirect tenth presidential elections of India on 16 July 1992.

Shankar Dayal Sharma Shankar Dayal Sharma (; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahabad and Lucknow and received a doctorate i ...

with 675,864 votes won over his nearest rival

George Gilbert Swell George Gilbert Swell (5 August 1923 – 25 January 1999) was an Indian college professor, politician and diplomat. He was deputy speaker of Lok Sabha and its member from Shillong in Meghalaya. Early life He was born at Laitkynsew village near ...

who got 346,485 votes.

Candidates

This presidential election, saw many candidates competing for the presidency, due to the divide nationally for power. The top two candidates were,

, put forth by

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and

, member of

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, from

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

, as the

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candidate supported by the

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and National Front.

Results

Source: Web archive of Election Commission of India website

References

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