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
PermalinkSubmitted by jasveer singh on Thu, 13/08/2009 - 19:04
There should be atleast three charges of murder against you and atleast on pending corruption case in supreme court.At least one of your close relatives must have an experience of jail life.
Gautom Rajkhowagrajkhowa@rediffmail.comNabin nagar, guwahati-21
The giving up of 600 acres of land to Bangladesh shows what the coming days will be like for the state and the region. This is not a trivial issue. We cannot expect anything else from the State ministers who are just puppets of the central government in Delhi. What is sad is that where are the ULFA leaders now? Why doesn't Arabinda Rajkhowa, Paresh Baruah, Sasha Choudhury, Mithinga Daimari, Bhimkanta Buragohain speak out against this land swap which has made Assam poorer by 600 acres of land? The peace process is on. They are going to delhi power corridors every now and then. Why didn't they take a strong step against this...
Irate villagers of Dharmajuli village near Suklai ransacked the office of the Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary on September 4,causing damage to its property. According to information,a lone wild elephant roaming in the locality damaged three houses in the Dharmajuli village the previous night.The wild elephant had been creating trouble in Nagrijuli TE for some days before it was chased away to Suklai area by Nagrijuli TE authority.The incident occurred just 4 KM away from the Range office of BWLS. Range Officer,Satya Boro along with his staff visited the spot in the morning of September 4 for investigation and assessment of the damages.At around 10 AM,a group of fifty numbers of people mostly...
Buljit Buragohain has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati for his thesis “Thermodynamic Optimization of Biomass Gasification”. He completed his doctoral research under the joint supervision of Dr. V.S. Moholkar, Department of Chemical Engineering and Prof. P. Mahanta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati. He is the son of Mr. Nomal Buragohain and Late Saruj Dihingia of Bhehpara Gaon, Dhemaji, Assam.
Defying a simmering storm of protest Delhi is set to leave Bangladesh 60 acres of Adverse Possession Land in Dhubri and Karimganj districts in Assam. The formalities would be cleared on Tuesday when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Dhaka on Tuesday. Both the countries are set to sign an agreement on exchange of enclaves in Dhaka in presence of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
Apart from the 60 acres of land in Pallathal, currently under the adverse possession of Bangladesh, the country is not going to hand over any land or enclave anywhere in Assam.
The neighbouring country has sought a total 360 acre APL in Pallathal and 145 acres APL in Nayagaon. But Delhi agreed to only...
Amid a string of protest Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi left for Dhaka on Monday to accompany prime minister Manmohan Singh who will be a two days visit to the neighbouring country. Gogoi, who arrived in Kolkata on Sunday left for Dhaka on Monday along with his counterparts in Meghalaya Mizoram.
The prime minister who is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday is expected to sign a set of pacts with his Bangladesh counter pact. These include a deal to swap with the neighbouring country where Assam will have to lost a few enclaves in Dhubri and Karimganj district. Domabari, Boroibari, Lathitilla are expected to be some of the enclaves to be handed over to Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, VHP...
The United Liberation Front of Asom(ULFA) struck a formal bilateral ceasefire pact with the Centre on Saturday to end the hostilities against each other. The pact was signed during a meeting with the top home ministry officials at North Block in Delhi in presence of Assam government officials.
ULFA finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika, foreign secretary Sashadhar Chaudhury and deputy commander in chief Raju Baruah signed the pact on behalf of the outfit while home ministry’s joint secretary for north east Sambhu Singh represented the Centre. State home commissioner Jishnu Baruah signed the pact for the Assam government.
The second round of talks on Saturday is believed to be a...
Assam CPI leader Pramod Gogoi on Saturday said that 2 lakh acres of land belonging to the state is now under the adverse possession of Bangladesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland only because of Dispur’s failure to efficiently deal with these increasing encroachment.
Addressing a press conference in Sivasagar on Saturday, Gogoi said Bangladesh has illegally possession of 499 acres of land while 1,62,471 acres of land is under illegal possession of Nagaland. Meghalaya has illegal occupied 11,669 acres while the plot measuring 12,744 acres of land under adverse possession of Arunachal Pradesh. Assam has also 25,331 acres of land under the illegal possession...
In a bid to make its presence felt, the United Liberation Front of Asom’s anti-talk faction made a grenade attack at the Tihu police station on Friday. The incident took place in the evening where is hardly any report of casualty. The insurgent outfit later owned up the responsibility after police arrested a youth in this connection. ULFA’s Barua faction publicity wing manager Arunodoy Dohotia said the youth arrested in this connection has no link with them and that they would continue an orgy of attack.
An ULFA delegation arrived in Delhi on Friday to hold a crucial round of talks with the Centre on Saturday. Comprising the outfit’s finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika and deputy commander in chief Raju Baruah, the delegation is set to urge the Union home ministry to suspend army offensive aginast the outfit in view of the on going peace process. According to our Guwahati correspondent, before leaving for New Delhi at the Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Hazarika refused to divulge the details of the Delhi trip.
In yet another development, a KLNLF delegation also arrived in the national capital on Thursday to hold a preliminary round of talks with the home ministry. Led...
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