There have been 15 Presidents in India till now. Honourable Shrimati Draupadi Murmu is the 15th one. However, Dr Rajendra Prasad the first president of India, has held the position twice. The last President, before Shrimati Draupadi Murmu was Shri Ramnath Kovind.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovindIn sections 52 to 78, of Part 5th of the Indian Constitution, the working of Union Executive system. The working, Vacancy, Powers and manner of election of the President of India are described in sections 52 to 62 of the Constitution.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovindThe process of electing the President of India is unique. This is not done by direct voting. In this process, the citizens of the country do not vote directly but our elected representatives vote for the candidates of presidential elections. That means simply we vote for some people, then they (got elected by our votes) vote for the president.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovindMembers of parliament, both lower and upper house and members of state legislative assemblies do vote for this. At the first glimpse, it looks simple but actually, a bit complicated.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovindIn key points, the process would be easy to understand, according to section 55 of the constitution of India:
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind- Only MPs that are Saansad (both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha) and MLAs that is Vidhaayak are eligible to vote in this election.
- Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Councils of states are not eligible for this.
- The voters MPs and MLAs combinedly are called the Electoral College.
- In this electoral college, each vote does not have its value/credit as 1 vote, even each vote does not have the same value as well.
- The value of a vote depends upon, how much the people are represented by the the MLA who is voting. For this calculation, there is a formula provided, as follows;
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Value/credit of 1 MLA Vote = Population of the state of MLA / (No. of total MLAs * 1000)
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for example, in the case of Uttar Pradesh; the value of 1 vote, the population of UP/(403*1000) is approximately 208. which is the maximum in the whole country while for Sikkim having 7 is the least value/credit.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind- When calculated for total number of MLAs of all states is 4033 therefore the total value votes are 5,43,231.
- These credits simply said VOTES so that to understand the process easily.
While calculating the votes of MPs,
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovindValue/credit of 1 MP vote = Total Population/(No. Total MLA*1000)
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind
for MPs, this value is 700. Combinedly no. of MPs is 776.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovindWhen calculated for the total number of MPs of both houses (776) the total value of votes is 5,43,200.
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind- Therefore, the majority mark to win the election is 10,86,431.
- In Presidential elections, voting is done on Ballot Paper instead of EVM.
- In this Ballot Paper, the voters are asked to make their preference and have to give the candidates ranking (like 1st, 2nd etc.) of their choice.
- Whoever collects the maximum number of vote values of rank 1 will be declared the winner.
So this is how the election of the President of India is done.
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Eligibility for candidature of the President of India
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind- He/She should be a citizen of India.
- He/She should be above the age of 35 years.
- He/She should be eligible to be elected a member of Lok Sabha.
- He/She should not be at any office of benefit under the Union Government or State Government.
Other than this, he/she must have at least 50 Proposers or Nominators and 50 Approvers or Seconders as well.
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References
PresidentrashtrapatiBharat ka rashtrapatiPresident of IndiaIndian GovernmentElectionElection of presidenthow does president electedhow election of presidentrashtrapati ka chunav kaise hota haiarticle 15article 52article 55section 55vice presidentdraupadi murmuramnath kovind- M. Laxmikant, Indian Polity: For Civil Services Exams (Chennai: McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2009), 17.3-17.17.
- SRIVASTAVA, V. N. “THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA-ELECTION AND OFFICE.” The Indian Journal of Political Science 39, no. 2 (1978): 250–69. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41854845.
- BOMBAWALL, K. R., and K. R. BOMBWALL. “THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA LIMITS OF DISCRETION.” The Indian Journal of Political Science 27, no. 3/4 (1966): 23–36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41854187.
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