What is the purpose of polling president in india..?
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Answer:
The President of India is indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament, the elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the 28 states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
Explanation:
Instead, presidential elections use the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes. In the event no candidate receives a majority, the House of Representatives chooses the president and the Senate chooses the vice president
presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. Ram Nath Kovind became 14th President of India. President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017,[2] declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.
2017 Indian presidential election
← 2012 17 July 2017 2022 →
Turnout
99% (estimated)[1] Increase
Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg Meira Kumar.jpg
Nominee Ram Nath Kovind Meira Kumar
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Home state Uttar Pradesh Bihar
Electoral vote 702,044 367,314
States carried 21 10
Percentage 65.65% 34.35%
Indian presidential election, 2017.svg
President before election
Pranab Mukherjee
INC
Elected President
Ram Nath Kovind
BJP
Governor of Bihar Ram Nath Kovind of the Bharatiya Janata Party had the backing of the governing National Democratic Alliance coalition, and went up against opposition candidate Meira Kumar of the Indian National Congress in the vote. Kovind secured roughly two thirds of the votes from the electoral college of elected members of federal, state and union territory legislatures and was elected to a five-year term as President.[3] Kovind's term of office began on presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. Ram Nath Kovind became 14th President of India. President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017,[2] declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.
2017 Indian presidential election
← 2012 17 July 2017 2022 →
Turnout
99% (estimated)[1] Increase
Ram Nath Kovind official portrait.jpg Meira Kumar.jpg
Nominee Ram Nath Kovind Meira Kumar
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Home state Uttar Pradesh Bihar
Electoral vote 702,044 367,314
States carried 21 10
Percentage 65.65% 34.35%
Indian presidential election, 2017.svg
President before election
Pranab Mukherjee
The President of India is indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament, the elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the 28 states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.[5] As of 2017, the electoral college comprises 776 MPs and 4,120 MLAs. The system assigns varying numbers of votes to these electoral college members, such that the total weight of MPs and those of MLAs is roughly equal and that the voting power of states and territories are proportional to their population. Overall the members of the electoral college were eligible to cast 1,098,903 votes, yielding a threshold for a majority of 549,452 votes.[6]
The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held by means of a secret ballot under the single transferable vote system. The manner of election of President is provided by Article 55 of the Constitution.[7][8]
The returning officer for the election was Anoop Mishra, the Secretary General of Lok Sabha.[9]
Electoral college partisan composition Edit
At the time of the election the NDA coalition itself was short of a majority by about 25,000 votes, but was expected to be able to rely on other parties to breach the small deficit without difficulty
INC
Elected President
Ram Nath Kovind
BJP
Governor of Bihar Ram Nath Kovind of the Bharatiya Janata Party had the backing of the governing National Democratic Alliance coalition, and went up against opposition candidate Meira Kumar of the Indian National Congress in the vote. Kovind secured roughly two thirds of the votes from the electoral college of elected members of federal, state and union territory legislatures and was elected to a five-year term as President.[3] Kovind's term of office began on 25 July 2017