Cross Voting

Ram Nath Kovind's win in presidential polls was made stronger by cross-voting from states including Gujarat, UP

Although some of the cross-voting was in favour of Opposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar, most of it helped Kovind.

Ram Nath Kovind is President-elect: Cross-voting in West Bengal got NDA-nominee additional seven votes

The ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Congress and CPM on Thursday engaged in a blame game over cross voting that took place in West Bengal during the presidential poll

Presidential poll 2017: Cross-voting in Maharashtra as Kovind gets votes from 23 additional MLAs

At least six MLAs of the Congress and the NCP in the Maharashtra Assembly seem to have voted for Ram Nath Kovind in the presidential poll.

Presidential Election 2017 Results: 2 AAP MLAs appear to have cross-voted, says official data

Two AAP MLAs, out of the 63 who exercised their franchise in the presidential poll, indulged in cross-voting, analysis of data shared by the returning officer suggests.