Value of MPs’ vote for President poll to go down

  • May 9, 2022
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Value of MPs’ vote for President poll to go down

Subject: Polity

Section: Executive

Context: The value of the vote of an MP in the presidential polls to be held in July is likely to go down to 700 from 708 due to the absence of a Legislative Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir

President Election:

  • Accordint to Article 52 of the Constitution of India there shall always be a President of India, holding the highest elective office in the country.
  • The President holds office for a period of five years from the date on which s/he enters upon her/his office. Accordingly, an election is held before the expiration of the term of the incumbent President.
  • The President of India is elected by indirect election.
  • He is elected by an electoral college in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote and secret ballot.
  • The electoral college consists of:
    • The elected member of both the Houses of Parliament.
    • The elected member of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
    • The elected members of the Legislative assembly of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.
  • The electoral college excludes:
  • The nominated member of both the Houses of Parliament.
  • The nominated members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
  • The nominated members of the Legislative assembly of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.
  • All the members of state legislative councils.
  • Value of Vote
    • A vote cast by each MP or MLA is not calculated as one vote.
    • Value of Vote of an MP is Total value of vote of all MLAs of all states divided by Total Value of elected MPs
    • Therefore,value of each vote by an MP of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha is
    • The value of each MLA’s vote is determined by dividing the population of the State by the number of MLAs in its legislative Assembly, and the quotient achieved is further divided by 1000.
    • Therefore, the vote value of each MLA differs from State to State based on a calculation that factors in its population vis-a-vis the number of members in its legislative Assembly.
Polity Value of MPs’ vote for President poll to go down