- Droupadi Murmu defeated opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. She secured 64.03 percent of the votes polled, atleast 20 opposition votes to win the election.
- She got votes from a total of 2,824 electors including 540 MPs, her opponent Yashwant Sinha got the votes of 1,877 electors including 208 MPs during the election.
- Droupadi Murmu(64) is the second woman to become the president of India after Pratibha Patil.
- Droupadi Murmu has been elected to the Odisha assembly in 2000 and 2004 and served as a minister in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's government from 2000 to 2004.
- She was the first woman governor of Jharkand in 2015.
- She will succeed Ram Nath Kovid whose tenure will end on July 24.
- Static Knowledge:
- Tenure of President of India- 5 years
Question:
Q.1 Who is the first tribal president of India?
a. Pratibha Patil
b. Ram Nath Kovind
c. Droupadi Murmu
d. Pranab Mukherjee
a. Pratibha Patil
b. Ram Nath Kovind
c. Droupadi Murmu
d. Pranab Mukherjee
