Electing the President
The election of the president is a complex exercise and is done by an Electoral College as per the provisions of laid down in the Constitution
How the President is Elected ?
President of India is elected by the members of an Electoral College consisting of
• Electoral Members of both Houses of Parliament(Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)
• Electoral Members of Legislative Assemblies of States ( Including NCT of Delhi & UT of Puducherry)
*Nominated members of the either house of Parliament & State Assemblies are not eligible to be included in the Electoral College*
Total Electors.
The total members in the Electoral College in 2007 are 4896.
The Break-up is as follows:
Rajya Sabha …………. 233
Lok Sabha …………… 543
State Assemblies………4120
Total …………………. 4896
The constitution stipulates uniformity as far as practicable in the scale of representation of the different states. For securing such uniformity among States as well as parity between the States as a whole and the Union, a formula is given for determination of the value of vote which each elected MP or MLA is entitled to cast.
The election is held under a system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote, conducted by a secret ballot.
Formula
Value of Votes
Each MLA’s vote is calculated on the basis
State Population
________________________ = Value of One MLA’s Vote
1,000 X No. of State MLAs.
Illustration
Total Population of Andhra Pradesh (1971 Census) … 43,502,708
Total no. of elective seats in the Assembly……………294
Value of each MLA’s Vote = 148
43,502,708
__________ = 147.97 = 148
1,000 X 294
Total Value of Votes for Andhra….. 148 X 294 = 43,512
Population figures of the 1971 census are used to calculate the votes of the States.
Each MP’s vote is calculated on the basis:
Total vote value of all MLA’s
________________________ = Value of one MP’s Vote
Total Members of Parliament
(Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha)
Value of each MP’s Vote = 708
5,49,474
_______ = 708.09 = 708
233+543
State Wise President Vote Share
Uttar Pradesh 83824
Maharastra 50400
West Bengal 44394
Andhra Pradesh 43512
Bihar 42039
Tamil Nadu 41184
Madhya Pradesh 30130
Karnataka 29344
Gujarat 26754
Rajasthan 25800
Orissa 21903
Kerala 21280
Assam 14616
Jharkand 14256
Punjab 13572
Chattisgarh 11610
Haryana 10080
Jammu & Kashmir 6264
Uttarakhand 4480
NCT of Delhi 4060
Himachal Pradesh 3468
Tripura 1560
Manipur 1080
Meghalaya 1020
Goa 800
Nagaland 540
Arunachal Pradesh 480
Puducherry 480
Mizoram 320
Sikkim 224
Total 549474
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732The election of the president is a complex exercise and is done by an Electoral College as per the provisions of laid down in the Constitution
How the President is Elected ?
President of India is elected by the members of an Electoral College consisting of
• Electoral Members of both Houses of Parliament(Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha)
• Electoral Members of Legislative Assemblies of States ( Including NCT of Delhi & UT of Puducherry)
*Nominated members of the either house of Parliament & State Assemblies are not eligible to be included in the Electoral College*
Total Electors.
The total members in the Electoral College in 2007 are 4896.
The Break-up is as follows:
Rajya Sabha …………. 233
Lok Sabha …………… 543
State Assemblies………4120
Total …………………. 4896
The constitution stipulates uniformity as far as practicable in the scale of representation of the different states. For securing such uniformity among States as well as parity between the States as a whole and the Union, a formula is given for determination of the value of vote which each elected MP or MLA is entitled to cast.
The election is held under a system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote, conducted by a secret ballot.
Formula
Value of Votes
Each MLA’s vote is calculated on the basis
State Population
________________________ = Value of One MLA’s Vote
1,000 X No. of State MLAs.
Illustration
Total Population of Andhra Pradesh (1971 Census) … 43,502,708
Total no. of elective seats in the Assembly……………294
Value of each MLA’s Vote = 148
43,502,708
__________ = 147.97 = 148
1,000 X 294
Total Value of Votes for Andhra….. 148 X 294 = 43,512
Population figures of the 1971 census are used to calculate the votes of the States.
Each MP’s vote is calculated on the basis:
Total vote value of all MLA’s
________________________ = Value of one MP’s Vote
Total Members of Parliament
(Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha)
Value of each MP’s Vote = 708
5,49,474
_______ = 708.09 = 708
233+543
State Wise President Vote Share
Uttar Pradesh 83824
Maharastra 50400
West Bengal 44394
Andhra Pradesh 43512
Bihar 42039
Tamil Nadu 41184
Madhya Pradesh 30130
Karnataka 29344
Gujarat 26754
Rajasthan 25800
Orissa 21903
Kerala 21280
Assam 14616
Jharkand 14256
Punjab 13572
Chattisgarh 11610
Haryana 10080
Jammu & Kashmir 6264
Uttarakhand 4480
NCT of Delhi 4060
Himachal Pradesh 3468
Tripura 1560
Manipur 1080
Meghalaya 1020
Goa 800
Nagaland 540
Arunachal Pradesh 480
Puducherry 480
Mizoram 320
Sikkim 224
Total 549474
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