sixteenth Presidential polls to be held on July 18, counting of votes on July 21: Election Commission

By ANI

NEW DELHI: The sixteenth Presidential election shall be held on July 18 and the counting of votes shall be held on July 21, mentioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday. Addressing a press convention, Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India mentioned the time period of workplace of President Ram Nath Kovind shall be ending on July 24.

Kumar additional mentioned, “The value of the vote of an MP will be 700. Those in preventive detention can vote and those in jail will have to apply for parole and if they get parole, they can vote.”

He acknowledged that the full worth of votes for MLAs for the sixteenth Presidential Election is 5,43,231. The whole worth of votes for MPs is 543200. The whole worth of the vote of electors for the Presidential Election, in 2022 is 10,86,431.

According to the ECI, the date for notification name is June 15, whereas final the date for submitting nominations is June 29. The ECI additional introduced that the date for the scrutiny of nominations is June 30 and the final date for withdrawal of candidature is 2 July.

As per Article 62 of the Constitution, an election for the subsequent president should be held earlier than the completion of the incumbent’s time period. “A total of 4,809 electors to vote in the Presidential elections in 2022. No political party can issue a whip to its members,” mentioned Kumar.

As per Article 54 of the Constitution of India, the President is elected by the members of the Electoral College consisting of elected members of each Houses of Parliament and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States together with the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The nominated members of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha or Legislative Assemblies of the States aren’t eligible to be included within the Electoral College and due to this fact, they aren’t entitled to take part within the election. Similarly, members of the Legislative Councils are additionally not electors for the Presidential election.

The worth of votes of the elected members of State Legislative Assemblies and each Houses of Parliament is ruled by Article 55(2) of the Constitution. Previously, the Presidential election was held on July 17, 2017, whereas the declaration of the winner was made three days in a while July 20.

Article 324 of the Constitution learn with the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, and the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974 vests the superintendence, course and management of the conduct of election to the workplace of the President of India within the Election Commission of India.