Presidential election dates announced: Election Commission said- Voting on July 18 and results on July 21; The entire process will be videographed

The election dates for the 16th President have been announced by the Election Commission. The commission said that nominations can be made till June 29. The elections will be held on 18th July and the result will be declared on 21st July. The commission said that every process would be videographed.

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said in the press conference that the notification for the election will be issued on June 15, and voting will take place on July 18. The name of the new President will be announced only after the counting is over on July 21. The term of Ram Nath Kovind, who was elected President in 2017, ends on July 24. He is the 15th President of the country.

Election commission will give pen
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told in the press conference that to vote in the Presidential election, only the pen given by the Election Commission will have to be used. If anyone uses another pen, his vote will be declared invalid. He said that 776 MPs and 4033 MLAs i.e. total 4809 voters will vote. Whip will not apply and voting will be completely secret.

Talking about elections, NDA’s position is as strong as last time, but it has sought support from Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. At the same time, the UPA is eyeing 16 seats in the Rajya Sabha. Elections to these seats are to be held on June 10.

That’s why NDA is strong
NDA is very close to the majority figure. It needs the support of Naveen Patnaik of BJD and Jaganmohan Reddy of YSRC. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also met Naveen Patnaik and Jagan Mohan Reddy. However, both have asked for a decision on support only after the name of the candidate is revealed. NDA’s performance in the last presidential election was very good. Ramnath Kovind got 65.35% of the votes. This time also NDA is trying to repeat it.

Getting stuck in Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha members also participate in the process of presidential election. In such a situation, there is a problem with the elections to be held on 16 of the 57 Rajya Sabha seats on June 10. Actually, candidates will be elected unopposed on the remaining 41 seats out of 57. The 16 seats where elections are to be held will be decided by Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Haryana. It is difficult to say in whose favor multiplication will go here.

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This is how presidential election happens
The election of the President is not like a general election. In this, the public does not participate directly, but the MLAs and MPs who have been elected by the public, they participate. The weightage of the vote of an MLA and an MP is different. According to Article 54 of the Constitution, the President is elected by the Electoral College. The representation of its members is proportional. That is, their single vote is transferred, but their second choice is also counted.

This is how the electoral college is formed
Members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and Vidhan Sabha together form the electoral college for the election of the President. The electoral college is made up of 776 MPs (excluding nominated) and 4120 MLAs of the Legislative Assembly. The total value of the electoral college is 10,98,803.

This is how voting happens

This is how the weightage of votes of MLAs is decided
The weightage of votes of MLAs depends on the population of the state and the number of assembly constituencies. To get the weightage of votes, the population of the state is divided by the number of elected MLAs, then the number that comes after is divided by 1000. In this way it is the weightage of one vote of the MLA of that state. If the number obtained after dividing is more than 500, then 1 is added to it.

This is how the weight of MP’s vote is decided
The weightage of the votes of the elected members of the state legislatures is added. Now this weightage is divided by the total number of elected members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. The number thus obtained is the weightage of an MP’s vote. If this division leaves the remainder more than 0.5, then one is added to the weighting.

This is how victory and defeat are decided
Winning a presidential election is not the only way to get more votes. The President becomes the one who receives more than half of the total weightage of the votes of MPs and MLAs. Suppose the total weightage of the votes of the members of the electoral college for the presidential election is 10,98,882. The candidate will have to secure 5,49,442 votes. Whoever gets this number first, is elected President.

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