Procedure on the election of indian president

  • The President is elected by an Electoral College -elected members of both Houses of Parliament i.e. Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and of the State Legislative Assemblies.
  • Nominated members of Parliament and members of State Legislative Councils arenot a part of the Electoral College.
  • The election is held by a single transferable vote system of proportional representation.
  • The voting is done by secret ballot.
  • Names of all the candidates are listed on the ballot paper and the elector gives them numbers preferences. Every voter may mark on the ballot paper as many preferences as there are candidates. Thus the elector shall place the figure “1 ” opposite the name of the candidate whom he/she chooses for first preference and so on.
  • To be elected, a candidate must get more than 50% of the total valid votes polled. This is known as Quota. The Quota is determined by calculating the total number of votes polled divided by the number of candidates to be elected plus one.
  • In the first count, only first preference votes are counted. If any candidates reach the quota, he/she is declared elected.
  • In case no candidate reaches the quota in the first round, then the 2nd preference votes of the candidate getting the least number of first preference votes are transferred to other candidates. Thus the candidate getting the least number of votes is eliminated. If after counting, a candidate reaches the quota, he/she is declared elected as the President. This continues till any one candidate gets the quota of votes.
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