M.Peer Mohamed Sardhar
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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


From India, Coimbatore
M.Peer Mohamed Sardhar
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DEar ALL It is the fundamental Right of every INDIAN citizen to know about the Value of his/her VOTE, Only 48 Views & 3 Replies,,, :?: :?:
From India, Coimbatore
Rajsekharg
Hi Peer Mohamed
A truly wonderful post. We always take the election of President for granted and simply wait for the News Paper to tell us the name of the new President.
Thanks to you for putting the information on the forum.
Regards
Raj Sekhar

From India, Hyderabad
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