In India Presidential election for 14th president of the country held today from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Ram Nath Kovind the candidate of BJP led NDA government is sure to win this election.. The key things about this election are as follows-
The big fight is between Ram Nath Kovind V/s Meera Kumari
A. Close to 99% voting was recorded on Monday for electing India’s next president, the returning officer for the poll announced, saying it was perhaps the highest ever percentage.
B. Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Uttarakhand and Puducherry recorded 100% voting. In Parliament House, the voting percentage was 99%, said Mishra. He said while the sanctioned strength of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is 776, 771 MPs were eligible to cast their votes. There are two vacancies each in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, while one Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Chedi Paswan does not have voting rights following a judicial pronouncement, he added.
C. The election of the president is conducted by an Electoral College. This body comprises all elected members of Parliament and the members of the legislative assemblies of all states, as well as of the union territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
D. To count the vote of the voters the following process is followed. The total strength of the electoral college is 10,98,903 votes, with each Parliamentarian carrying a vote value of 708. The vote weight of a member of a State Assembly is calculated keeping in mind the population of the state he or she represents. A candidate needs 50 per cent-plus votes to win the poll. That translates to 5,49,452 votes.
E. The voting on Monday will be held between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. Paper ballots will be used and the votes will be valid only if a special violet ink pen is used to vote. The MPs will vote on green ballots and the MLAs will vote on pink ballots. Ballot boxes from the States will be flown and stored in Room 62 of Parliament.
F. This will be the second time India will elect a Dalit President since 1997. So far, KR Narayan has been the only person from the Dalit community to hold this post
G. A special serial numbered pen with violet ink will be used for voting by lawmakers, who have been barred from carrying their personal pens inside the voting chamber. Following the ink controversy in the Rajya Sabha polls in Haryana in 2016, the Election Commission has decided to use special pens for the electors to mark their votes in the presidential and vice-presidential polls.
H. Electronic voting machines are not used in the 2017 elections as they are formatted for first-past-the post system of voting. The Election Commission has called for different coloured ballot papers for this year's polls. While it is green for members of Parliament, MLAs will use pink ballot papers to cast their votes.