how is the electoral college for presidential election constituted
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The President is indirectly elected by means of an electoral college consisting of the elected members of the Parliament of India and the Legislative assemblies of the States of India and the Union territories of Delhi, and Puducherry (and not (J&K)Jammu&Kashmir, as 70th Constitutional Amendment Act specifically mentions only Delhi and Puducherry). The number and value of votes are based on the population in 1971 rather than the current population, as a result of the 42nd Amendment, and extended by the 84th Amendment,[1] with the intention to encourage family planning programs in the states by ensuring that states are not penalised for lowering their population growth. Its imperative to note that the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is unlikely to be the part of Electoral college. An RTI application filed by Shubham Khatri a political science student of Ashoka University highlighted this anomaly, Khatri said: “the Legislature of UT of J&K won’t be a part of the Electoral College for election of President, because Article 54 of the Constitution has not been amended, which could be amended via due procedure mentioned in Article 368 of the constitution and for that a two-third majority in parliament along with ratification of more than 50% States is required).”[2]
Explanation:
electoral college means all the members of
different groups take part in the election of
president.