Droupadi Murmu elected India's first tribal president

NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu on Thursday scripted history to become the first tribal leader to be elected as the President of India. Murmu on Thursday crossed the 50 per cent mark after the third round of counting to emerge victorious in the poll over her rival Yashwant Sinha. Murmu got 5,77,777 votes after third round of counting against Yashwant Sinha's 2,61,062 votes.