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The presidential election has been announced. Two major political alliances of the country have declared their candidates. The BJP-led NDA has fielded Draupadi Murmu, who was the Governor of Jharkhand. So the Congress-led UPA is playing bets on former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha. Looking at the figures, NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu is considered to have the upper hand. If Draupadi Murmu wins, she will be the first tribal and second woman president of the country.
In addition to the elected MPs of both the Houses, the elected MLAs of the Legislative Assemblies of the states participate in the Presidential elections. Not all MLAs have the same vote value in this election. According to the population of each state, the value of the vote of its MLAs is decided. In such a situation, it is necessary to know how important the vote of the female MLA of which state is going to be in choosing a female candidate.
After the announcement of the support of many opposition parties, the victory of Draupadi Murmu is almost certain.
Get to know the process of the first presidential election
People in India do not choose their President directly. Only the representatives elected by the people participate in the election of the President. For this an electoral college is formed. The college has 776 MPs from both the houses and 4,809 MLAs from the states. The common value of all these votes is 10,86,431. The value of each MP’s vote is 700. The value of votes of MLAs is highest in UP and lowest in Sikkim.
33 women MLAs in UP, 208 is the price of one vote
The vote of women MLAs of UP is most important in choosing the President. In the last assembly elections, 33 women MLAs have come from here. In this way, the total value of votes of women MLAs in UP is 6,864. Considering the vote value and the number of women MLAs, the role of women of UP in this election becomes much more than the women of other states.
Sikkim has only 3 women MLAs, vote value only 21
Sikkim MLAs have the lowest vote value in the presidential election in terms of population. The vote value of an MLA here in the Electoral College is 7. There are currently three women MLAs in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly. In this way, the women MLAs of Sikkim will have a role of only 21 votes. That is, in this presidential election, the value of votes of women MLAs of UP is 30 times more than that of women MLAs of Sikkim.
There is such a situation in these states
The value of vote of an MLA in Madhya Pradesh is 131 and at present there are 21 women MLAs. In this way, the total vote value of women MLAs here is 2,751. Similarly, the vote value of 22 women MLAs from Rajasthan is 2,838, that of 28 women MLAs from Bihar is 4,844 and that of 24 women MLAs from Maharashtra is 4,200.