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Kovind to be the next President of India: greetings pour in on Twitter

After the declaration of the results, congratulatory messages started pouring for Kovind on Twitter

Ram Nath Kovind, Bihar Governor, presidential candidate
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File photo of Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, who was announced as NDA’s presidential candidate.

BS Web Team New Delhi
National Democratic Alliance candidate Ram Nath Kovind has won the Presidential election 2017 and is set to succeed Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

In the race to be the 
14th President of India, Kovind defeated opponent Meira Kumar by a considerable margin. He swept the election by winning in states like Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, while Kumar won in Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir. 
 
In an electoral college of 4,986 voters with a vote value of 10,98,903, Kovind got 2,930 votes carrying a value of 7,00,244, while the former Lok Sabha Speaker secured 1,844