Indian presidential election 1997 Tags: Election.Election Commission of India held the 11th presidential elections of India on 17 July 1997. K.R. Narayanan with 956290 votes won over his nearest rival T.N. Seshan who got 50631 votes. K.R. Narayanan was the first dalit to be President of India. thumbnail start date 1997-07-17 title Indian presidential election 1997 Learn more... Loading...