President-elect Droupadi Murmu's tally boosted by cross-voting | Here's list
Hindustan TimesOver 120 MLAs from across state assemblies cross-voted in support of president-elect Droupadi Murmu, defying their parties' stated support to Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. States which saw most cross-voting by MLAs Assam: 22 Madhya Pradesh: 19 Maharashtra: 16 Uttar Pradesh: 12 Gujarat: 10 Jharkhand: 10 Bihar: 6 Chhattisgarh: 6 Rajasthan 5 Goa 4 Murmu's tribal background appeared to have drawn support from Opposition MLAs from Jharkhand too, where the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha had already announced support to her. Set to be India's first tribal and also the youngest president, Murmu received maximum votes from Uttar Pradesh and Maharastra assemblies while Sinha got his largest share of support from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma indicated about the cross-voting from opposition MLAs with his tweet, "Droupadi Murmu polled 104 votes compared to NDA's original strength of 79 in the 126 member Assam Assembly.