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The Presidential Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that elections for the post of President of the Republic of India Ramnath Govind will be held on July 18, shortly after his term expires.
Ramnath Govind became the 15th President of India on July 25, 2017. Here are some questions related to the upcoming election for his post and the answers to them.
How the presidential election is going?
The President of the Republic of India is elected by the States, Union Territories, Members of the State Legislature and members of the Lok Sabha. They are called the Electoral College. Some states have upper house members. They do not have the right to vote in presidential elections. Similarly, nominated members of the state legislature and the Lok Sabha do not have the right to vote in presidential elections.
The value of these election votes is calculated based on the 1971 census.
The vote bank of MLAs and MPs will vary from state to state in this election. The votes of state MPs and Lok Sabha MPs will not change. At the same time, the value of MLAs’ votes varies according to the population in the state.
For example, in states like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal, the vote value of an MLA is higher than in the less populous states of Manipur, Goa and Tripura.
Uttar Pradesh has the highest voter turnout in India. The vote value of an MLA there is 208. The vote value of an MLA in Tamil Nadu is 176. In that case the total vote value of the state is 234 x 176 = 41,184
At the same time, the vote value of other MPs in the country is 708 per head.
How the vote value of MLAs is calculated?
The value of the votes cast by each member of the respective legislature is the number of votes obtained by dividing the population of the state by the number of members of that state legislature and multiplying its eV by one thousand. After multiplying by one thousand, the remainder should be no less than five hundred.
In the 16th presidential election, the total number of MLAs in the legislature across the country was 5,43,231. The total vote value of the MPs was 5,43,200. In that sense, the total number of votes cast in the 2022 presidential election is 10,86,431.
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Who will conduct the presidential election?
The Election Commission of India will rotately appoint the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha and the States as the responsible returning officer for elections to the President every five years. In that sense, it is possible the Secretary-General will hold elections this year. Assistant Electoral Officers will be appointed to conduct these elections in the States and Union Territories.
The Secretary to the Legislature, Dr. K.K. Srinivasan, Joint Secretary R. Shanthi has been appointed. Puducherry Legislative Assembly Secretary R. Munisamy, Legislature Debates Section Editor n. Alamelu has been appointed as the Assistant Returning Officer.
According to Rule 7 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections of the Republic of India, this election will be held in the Parliament premises of India and in the premises of the State Legislature.
Electronic voting machines will not be used in this election. Members must secretly cast their ballots by ballot. The voter should use only the special pen provided by the Election Commission to select the particular candidate on this ballot.
At the party level, Korata cannot issue an order requiring the voter involved in the Republican presidential election to vote for another. Furthermore, giving money to vote in favor of a particular candidate and forcing him to exercise influence and vote is considered illegal.
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Who to run for president and how to apply?
The candidate for the presidency may submit his candidacy either directly or through his nominee or mentor. However, his candidature must have been signed by the 50 voters who nominated him and the 50 voters who nominated him. Each voter can only file a nomination as a nominee or advocate. The candidate concerned will be allowed to purchase a maximum of four nominations. Prior to the nomination, he had deposited Rs. 15 thousand security deposit must be paid.
The list of eligible voters, MLAs, MPs, latest address and contact number details in this election will be submitted at a cost of Rs. 300 can be obtained from the Election Commission by paying a fee.
Where to vote?
If he is an MLA among the voters eligible to vote in the Republican presidential election and the Republican vice presidential election, he or she must vote at the polling station on campus. If he becomes an MP he will have to vote at a polling station in the Parliament premises. An MP will be allowed to cast his or her ballot at the polling booths on the premises with the prior consent of the MP 10 days before the election only if there is an urgent need.
Where the votes cast in the election will be counted?
After the election, the ballot boxes will be brought from every state to the Parliament premises in Delhi with heavy security. On the day of the counting of votes, these votes will be counted in the presence of the officer in charge of elections.
Who can run in the presidential election?
Candidates for the Presidential election must be eligible to vote as an Indian citizen. He must be at least 35 years of age.He must have fulfilled all the qualifications to contest the Lok Sabha elections.
Candidates for the presidency will only be accepted if they have the support of 50 nominees, 50 nominated MPs and MLAs.
The President’s primary responsibility is to carry out the executive duties of the Central Government. Apart from this, the President also has the power to administer the command of the Commanders of the Indian Armed Forces, the Supreme Court Judge and the Prime Minister.
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What if two candidates get equal votes?
The Constitution of India says nothing about this. There is nothing clear about this in the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election Act of 1952. At the same time, it is true that such a situation has not arisen since the country became a republic.
Can the President’s political career end when his term ends? Can’t he run for re-election?
The president may run for office after the end of his term. So there is no room for talk of the leader ending his political career after his term ends. After retiring from the presidency, the law does not preclude him from continuing to engage in full-time politics if he so desires.
But the tradition so far in India is that after holding the highest office in the country, that leader generally does not want to be a governor, an MP or an MLA.
In India, the Prime Minister has all the power, so why is the post of President so important?
The Prime Minister alone does not have all the powers of authority in India. Tasks are defined for each in the Constitution.
The President of the Republic has the full executive power of the Constitution, which he may exercise by himself or by his subordinates.
Appointing the Prime Minister and upholding the Constitution is the main responsibility of the President of the Republic. Both will realize and implement their respective jurisdictions. No law can take effect without the consent of these two.
The President has the power to send any bill other than the Finance Bill back to Parliament for reconsideration.
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The Ramnath Govind family with Prime Minister Modi. (2017)
How can the President of the Republic be removed from office?
The president can be removed from office by impeachment. For this, formal notice has to be given 14 days in advance in the Lok Sabha and the state legislatures. The proposal must be signed by a quarter of the members. Based on that, they will be allowed to discuss the resolution.
The resolution requires a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. If the motion is passed by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament, the incumbent may be removed from office.
Has anyone ever won a presidential election without a contest?
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy is the only President of India to be elected unopposed. Similarly, Dr. Rajendra Prasad is the only two-time President-elect.
About the current President Ramnath Govind?
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Ramnath Govind became the 15th President of India on July 25, 2017. Ramnath Govind was a lawyer in the Supreme Court and was the Governor of Bihar before accepting the highest constitutional post in the country.
He also has experience of starting his career as a Supreme Court Advocate and serving as a Member of Parliament.
Ramnath Govind was born on October 1, 1945 in the village of Paraung in the Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
His schooling and higher education also took place in Kanpur. He first passed the Business Graduate Examination and later obtained his Law Degree from the University of Kanpur.
From 1977 to 1979 he was the Union Attorney General in the Delhi High Court. He became a lawyer in the Supreme Court of India in 1978F. From 1980 to 1993 he was the Permanent Advocate of the Federal Government in the Supreme Court.
Ram Nath Govind was elected to the Upper House of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh in April 1994. He was a member of the state legislature for two consecutive six years until March 2006.
On August 8, 2015, he became the Governor of Bihar. He has since become the country’s 14th president.
Who has been President of the Republic so far, their tenure What?
Ramnath Govind (Birthday: October 1, 1945) (July 25, 2017 to present)
Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020) Tenure: 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017
Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 1934) Tenure: 25 July 2007 to 25 July 2012
ABJ Abdul Kalam (1931-2015) tenure: July 25, 2002 to July 25, 2007
K. R. Narayanan (1920 – 2005) tenure: 25 July, 1997 to 25 July, 2002 Varaishankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) tenure: 25 July, 1992 to 25 July, 1997 R Venkatraman (1910-2009) tenure: 25 July, 1987 to Jail Singh (1916-1994) tenure till July 25, 1992: July 25, 1982 to July 25, 1987
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (1913-1996) Tenure: July 25, 1977 to July 25, 1982
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad (1905-1977) Tenure: August 24, 1974 to February 11, 1977
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980) Tenure: 3 May, 1969 to 20 July, 1969 and 24 August, 1969 to 24 August, 1974
Zakir Hussain (1897-1969) Tenure: 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975) Tenure: 13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) Tenure: 26 January 1950 to 13 May 1962
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