TNPSC Thervupettagam

16th Presidential polls

June 12 , 2022 812 days 635 0
  • The Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar under the Election Commission of India announced that the Presidential election would be held on July 18.
  • The President Ram Nath Kovind’s term comes to an end on July 24.
  • It will be the first election after J&K became a Union Territory.
  • However, the MLAs of the J&K are no longer part of this electoral college.
  • The electoral college for the poll in 2022 would comprise 4,809 members — 233 Rajya Sabha MPs, 543 Lok Sabha MPs (776 MPs) and 4,033 MLAs of State Assemblies and the Assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
  • The total value of votes in 2022 would be 10,86,431 (5,43,200 for MPs or 700 votes each and 5,43,231 for MLAs based on 1971 Census population figures).
  • While the total number of electors was 4,896 in 2017.
  • In 2017, each MP had 709 votes and MLAs had a total vote of 5,49,495 based on the 1971 Census
  • The Rajya Sabha Secretary General was declared as the Returning Officer for this election.
  • The electors would cast their ballots using the pen provided by the EC as has been the norm.

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