New Delhi : Presidential elections are likely to be announced today. A press conference of the Central Election Commission will be held at 3 pm today. The presidential election program is expected to be announced at this press conference. President Ramnath Kovind’s term ends on July 24.
India’s new president is due to be sworn in by July 25. The 2017 presidential election was held on July 17 and the counting of votes took place on July 20.
Election Commission of India to announce the schedule for election for the next President of India at 1500 hours today.
— ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2022
According to Article 62 of the Constitution, the election for the next President must be completed before the end of the term of President Ramnath Kovind. In the presidential election, except for members of both Houses of Parliament, elected members of all state legislatures, members of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital, Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry cast their votes. Nominated members of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha have no right to vote in Presidential elections. Similarly, members of state legislatures do not have the right to run for president.
The value of one vote of MLAs in the state is 175. The total votes of MLAs in the state are 50,400. As Mahavikas Aghadi has a majority in Maharashtra at present, the candidate who will be supported by Mahavikas Aghadi is likely to get around 28,000 votes from the state.
What is the total number of voters in the presidential election?
MPs and MLAs vote for the presidency. A total of 4,896 people, including 776 MPs (543 Lok Sabha and 233 Rajya Sabha) and 4,120 MLAs, have the right to vote. The value of one vote of MPs is 708. The value of MLA votes varies from state to state based on the population as per the 1971 census. The total votes of MPs are 5,49,408. The total votes of MLAs are 5,49,495. The total value of votes in this election is 10,98,903. The one who gets more than five lakh votes gets elected.
