The term of current President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24.
New Delhi:
The process of filing nominations for the presidential election began on Wednesday with the Election Commission issuing a notification inviting voters to fill the vacancy.
The election is to be held on July 18.
The nomination process began on a day when various opposition parties are meeting in Delhi to decide on the presidential candidate.
Nominations can be filed till June 29 and papers will be scrutinized on June 30. July 2 has been fixed as the last date to withdraw from the electoral battle.
The counting of votes will take place here on July 21.
The term of current President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24.
The President is elected by the members of the electoral college, which consists of elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all the states, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Nominated members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha or State Assemblies are not eligible to be included in the electoral college and hence, they are not entitled to take part in elections. Similarly, the members of the Legislative Councils are also not electors for the Presidential election.
While voting takes place in the Parliament House and state legislatures, the counting of votes takes place in the national capital.
Leaders of some major political parties held hectic talks on Tuesday ahead of a meeting called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee here on Wednesday to build a consensus to field a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election, a move that Who has exposed the mistake. Inner lines of opposition.
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