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New Delhi: An opinion poll conducted by a leading news magazine has found that an overwhelming majority of three out of four wants APJ Abdul Kalam for another term in presidency.

The survey conducted by 'The Week-C Voter Opinion Poll' found that 74.8 per cent of 1,240 respondents favoured incumbent Kalam as the next President. 12.4 per cent of those surveyed said 'no' to his candidature while almost an equal number could not say anything on the issue.

To a question if he was the best President ever, 61.3 per cent nodded in the affirmative, while 22.7 per cent did not think so.

Asked whom would they prefer in a field of Kalam, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Congress leader Karan Singh, the President scored an impressive 64 per cent, while Shekhawat got 15.3 per cent and Singh 6.9 per cent.