The Election Commission of India has scheduled the date for the 16th Presidential election on July 18 and the counting of votes would be held on July 21, if needed. Presidential election 2022: date, eligibility, how Indian will elect president.
Presidential election 2022 A total of 4,809 electors comprising MPs and MLAs will vote to elect Ram Nath Kovind successor. Kovind’s tenure will be ending on July 24 following which the new President will be sworn in on July 25. The Election Commission will issue a notification in this regard on June 15.
The aspiring candidates will file their notifications after the notification with June 29 as the deadline. Candidates would need 50 electors as proposers and 50 others as seconders. The candidate would need to deposit an amount of Rs 15,000 as security.
According to Article 54, the President is elected by an electoral college consisting of elected Members of Parliament (MP) of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and elected Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) of all states and UTs of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry.
The President is voted by a secret ballot and not by EVM, with a system of proportional representation and a single transferable vote system. Proportional representation aims to give equal representation to parliament on one side and total electors from state assemblies on one side.
It is pertinent to mention that only elected members of parliament and state/UT assemblies can vote in the President’s election. The electoral college for the election of the President comprises 4033 MLAs (a total of the elected members of all states/UTs assembly) and 776 MPs (a total of elected members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha).
The value of votes of all MPs is 5,43,200 and that of states is 5,43,231, taking the total to 10,86,431. Dividing the total values of votes of all MPs by the total number of MPs, we get the value of votes of one MP, which is 5,43,200/776= 700. Similarly, the value of votes of MLA is calculated.
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Notably, in the last presidential election where Ram Nath Kovind won with 65.45 per cent of votes falling on his side against Meira Kumari, a total of 776 MPs and 4120 MLAs voted. President Kovid got about 7 lakh votes of 10.98 lakh votes. The candidate must be a citizen of India and should have completed the age of 35 years, besides being qualified for election as a member of the House of the People.
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