According to preliminary predictions, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Draupadi Murmu The opposition has a clear lead over Yashwant Sinha.
Regional parties like Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), Shiromani Akali Dal, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ), AIADMK, TDP, YSRCP and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and now JMM, Murmu’s vote share is likely to reach nearly two-thirds.
With the support of various regional parties out of the total 10,86,431 votes, the NDA candidate now has over 6.67 lakh votes.
If elected, Murmu will become the first woman from the tribal community to hold the top constitutional post. She will also be the youngest occupant of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
On the other hand, Sinha Support Congress, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Trinamool Congress, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, National Conference, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (NCP) received. AIMIM), Rashtriya Janata Dal and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Before naming Sinha, former Union minister and BJP leader, the opposition camp had approached Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson and former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah to contest the election.
After refusing to be a part of the electoral battle, Sinha, the then vice-president of the Trinamool Congress, was nominated as the opposition’s candidate.
election process
The electoral college that elects the President through the system of proportional representation consists of elected MPs and members of state legislatures. Nominated MPs and MLAs, and members of the Legislative Council are not entitled to vote in this election.
The system of secret ballot is followed and parties cannot issue whip to their MPs and MLAs regarding voting.
Due to the absence of a Legislative Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir, the value of the vote of a Member of Parliament in this Presidential election has come down from 708 to 700.
The value of an MLA’s vote varies from state to state. In Uttar Pradesh, the vote value of each MLA is 208, followed by Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu at 176. In Maharashtra, it is 175. In Sikkim, the value of vote per MLA is seven, while it is nine in Nagaland and eight in Mizoram.
According to the system of proportional representation, through the single transferable vote, each elector can mark as many preferences as the number of candidates contesting the election.
These preferences for the candidates are to be marked by the voter by placing the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on, against the names of the candidates, in the order of preference, at the space provided in column 2. Ballot paper.
This is the reason why it is not used in electronic voting machines as well as in Vice President, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council elections. EVMs are based on a technology where they act as an aggregator of votes in direct elections such as Lok Sabha and State Assemblies.
As per the directions of the Election Commission, MPs will get green colored ballot papers, while MLAs will get pink colored ballot papers for voting. The different colors help the Returning Officer to find out the value of the vote of each MLA and MP.
Seeking to maintain the secrecy of voting, the Election Commission has released a specially designed pen with purple ink to enable voters to mark their ballots in the presidential election.
With inputs from agencies.
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