The President of India is elected by an electoral college, comprising the Members of both the Houses of Parliament as well as the MLAs of all state Assemblies. The total number of members in the Electoral College for the Presidential elections in 2007 is 4896 (233 Rajya Sabha MPs + 543 Lok Sabha MPs + 4,120 State MLAs). However, unlike any other election, the value of votes of the voters are different here. While the value of votes of each MP is the same, the strength of a vote of an MLA is determined by way of proportional representation. The MPs, too, have a specific value for each vote that is determined by dividing the total value of votes of all the states by the total number of elected members of Parliament (Lok Sabha 543 + Rajya Sabha 233). The total value of votes of all members of each State Assembly is worked out by multiplying the number of elective seats in the Assembly by the number of votes for each member. For instance, in case of Andhra Pradesh, since the total population (1971 Census) is 43,502,708 and the total number of elective seats in the Assembly 294, the number of votes for each member would be 43,502,708/1000 x 294 = 147.96 or 148. This means the value of each Andhra MLA's vote is 148. Now multiplying that number with the number of elective seats can give the value of total votes for the all members of the House: 294x148 = 43,512. The Constitution (Eighty-fourth) Amendment Act, 2001 provides that until the relevant population figures for the first census to be taken after the year 2026 have been published, the population of the states for the purposes of calculation of the value of votes for the Presidential Election shall mean the population as ascertained at the 1971-census
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Ledo is all abuzz. The Assam Sahitya Sabha is holding the special session from Wednesday. Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi will inaugurate the special session to be concluded on February 5. Sahitya Akademy’s regional secretary Dr Ram Kumar Mukherjee will open the Mamoni Roisom Goswami Book Fair at 11 in the morning.
Assam observed Me-dam-me-phi on Tuesday to worship of ancestors by the Ahoms.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi participated in the community function held at Sukapha Nagar here and greeted the people of the state on the occasion.
Chief Minister highlighted the features of the festival and pointed out that there are many different tribes in the state.
Me-dam-me-phi is observed by the Ahoms on January 31 every year to pay obeisance to the ancestors and remember their contribution to society.
The Centre and ULFA’s pro talk faction are gearing up for yet another round of peace talks in February.
According to sources, the ULFA delegation is expected to hold talks with Union home ministry heavyweights in presence of peace interlocutor in the first fortnight of February.
Notably, it would be the second round of talks since the banned insurgent outfit submitted their charter of demands before the Centre.
Security forces step up their offensive against NSCN militants who are unleashing a string of violence in Dima Hasao district. The militant of the Naga insurgent outfits have been arrested in on Monday.
The NSCN militants were arrested during a combing operation in Lodi areas in the morning. Four AK-47 rifles have been seized from their possession along with eight magazines and 515 rounds of live bullets. They were identified as Keisibng Zemi and Senglovi wazmi. Keishing was involved in the abduction and killing in Umrangsu.
Three persons died when a Tata Magic vehicle collided its head on a truck in Barpeta district on Monday. The accident took place at Simalaguri at around 9 in the evening where three persons died on the spot.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday launched three new schemes in Assam to give new born babies and pregnant women dose of good news.
Named as Janani Sishu Suraksha Karyakram, the scheme provides free transport from home to institution, between facilities in case of a referral and a drop back home. The Union minister also launched 23 mobile medical units for the 23 sub-divisions in the state.
Azad, who arrived here on Sunday to review the performance of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the state, lauded the efforts of the Assam government for making it a success. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, said that Gandhiji's principles and ideals have...
There seems to be hardly any hope for Mahendra Das if the Supreme court refuses to listen to him. The Guahati High Court on Monday rejected his plea to commute his death sentence to lifer a few days after it completed hearing of the petition.
But his family members are likely to move the supreme court seeking justice. On April 24 in 1996, Mahendra Das beheaded Harakanta Das in Guwahati and surrendered before police with the severed head.
He was jailed in 1997 following his death sentence by a lower court in Guwahati. The Gauhati High court and Supreme Court upheld capital punishment in 1998 and 1999 respectively. Mahendra's mother moved a mercy petition to the then President...
Three persons including a child died at a tragic road accident in Barpeta district on Monday.
The accident took place at around 5-30 in the evening when a speeding truck rammed into a motorcycle at Gobardhana. The deceased were identified as Apurba Kock, his wife Satyabati Koch and their son Palashjyoti. Two others injured in the accident have been rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
As a result of a long battle with a deadly disease Shantanu Goswami passed away on the January 19 at Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi. Shantanu served as Research Assistant in the Department of Planning and Development, Government of Assam.
Born to Sri Prabhat Goswami and Anjali Goswami of Guwahat on August 1971 Shantanu Goswami was a brilliant student. He started his education at Barpeta Nursery and Primary School and passed his primary school examination with a scholarship. From class four to class seven he studied at the Barpeta Vidyapeeth and later on joined the Ulubari High School at Guwahati wherefrom he passed High School Leaving Certificate Examination in the first division....
With much pomp and gaiety of Saraswati puja grips Assam on Saturday.
Dressed in traditional Assamese attires, Schools and colleges girls are thronging the schools and colleges to offer puja to the goddess of learning. An undeclared beauty contest seems to have take place among the girls in Guwahati. Beauty parlours in the city are teeming with the girls from the premier colleges like Handique College, Cotton College and B Baruah College.
Several competition and cultural programems are being organised to mark the occasion.
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