Article 55 of the Constitution of India outlines the procedure for the election of the President. The value of votes of elected Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) and Members of Parliament (MPs) is calculated based on the population of the states. The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1976 stipulated that the term "population" for the purpose of calculating the value of votes would mean the population as ascertained at the 1971 census until the first census taken after the year 2000.
In the Presidential election in India, every elected member of the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly. As at present (1997) the expression “population” here means the population as ascertained by the
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 1997 · Topic: The President (Election of the President (Electoral College, Process))
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- Which one of the following is part of the electoral college for the election of the President of India but does not. form part of the forum for his impeachment?
- In case of dispute in presidential election, the matter is referred to:
- The Electoral College for the election of the President consists of:
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- Which of the following is a part of the electoral college for the Election of the President but does not participate in the proceedings for his/ her impeachment?
- Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding the election of the President of India? The President of India is elected by the members of an Electoral College consisting of (a) the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and (b) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States and the Union Territories with Legislative Assembly. Value of vote for each of the members of the Electoral College is decided based on the population census of 1971 and it will continue to be so till population of the first census taken after the year 2026 have been published. The elections are held in accordance with the system of Proportional Representation by means of single transferable vote. Every elected member of the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes there are multiples of one hundred in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly.