New Delhi, July 22 (PTI): Pratibha Patil Saturday said the victory in the Presidential election had bestowed on her a greater responsibility and trust to fulfill it.

"This (the victory) is a greater responsibility and an even greater trust," Patil said after the official announcement of her win over NDA-backed independent candidate, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, with a big margin of over three lakh vote value.

"I am very happy about the win," she said.

Earlier, talking to reporters, she described her win as the "victory of the principles" which the people of the country uphold.

"I am grateful to the voters... I am grateful to the people of India, the men and women of India," she said.

"This is the victory of the principles which our Indian people uphold," Patil, the first woman to occupy the country's highest office, told mediapersons waiting outside her residence here.

Patil, who emerged victorious in perhaps the most bitterly fought Presidential election, flashed the victory sign.

Lok Sabha Secretary General, P D T Achary, the Returning Officer for the poll, visited Patil at her temporary South Avenue residence and handed over the certificate of her election to the highest office in the country.