explain the process of appointment of the president
Answers
Explanation:
President. The President is elected by members of an electoral college consisting of elected members of both Houses of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of the states in accordance with the system of proportional representation, by means of single transferable vote.
India follows the system of Proportional Representation by means of Single Transferable Vote Method/System in the election of the President. Proportional representation is characterized by the fact that an electorate is directly proportional to the elected body. Thus, if a certain number supports a particular party, then the party will receive the same number of votes. The Single Transferable Vote System follows the procedure of transferring the votes of the losing candidate to other candidates still in the race, minimizing the wastage of votes.
The procedure in allocating the number of votes is as follows:
Depending on the size of the state represented, the MLA of a state is given a certain number of votes. The number of authorised votes is arrived at by the following method:
The total population of the state, based on the 1971 population census, is divided by the number of elected members of LA, and then further divided by 1000. In case the number arrived at is higher than 500, then each member is allocated an extra vote.
The elected members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are allocated votes in the following manner:
The total value of votes of all the States, based on the 1971 population census, is divided by the total number of elected members of Parliament.