
New Delhi, July 21: Droupadi Murmu, the NDA’s presidential candidate, has crossed the 50 per cent mark after the third round of counting to emerge victorious in the poll over her rival Yashwant Sinha.
An official announcement on her win is expected after all votes are counted but she has already got 5,77,777 votes, which is more than the halfway mark of the total valid votes cast in the election on July 18.
The President-elect will take oath on July 25, a day after Ramnath Kovind’s tenure ends.