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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Five members of All Assam Shramik Krishak Parishad were prevented from meeting Irom Chanu Sharmila on Wednesday as they were not given official permission. The five-member-team of the organisation include Pradeep kalita, State Chief Secretary, State Advisor, Surendranath Vaishya, Kamarup district Secretary, Suren Nazari, Women Cell Advisor, Ganga Boro and Secretary, Women Cell,Karabi Barua. Suren Nazari told media persons that they would meet Sharmila, who has been fasting for one decadeto repeal repeal AFSPA, 1958 from Manipur, on June 1 after taking proper permission from the state authorities.
The state of implementation of PMGSY in Goalpara district is very poor, particularly in and around Dudhnoi. Earthen roads are seen in most of the cases, which become muddy even in a single rain. The photo shows a road constructed under PMGSY in 2010.
National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Nagaon in collaboration Assam Mahila Samata Society (AMSS) Nagaon Unit officially launched the Film Screening Programme for School students. In this connection an inauguration meeting organized at Haiborgaon High School Nagaon on May 10. Almost 350 students, 35 teachers, officials of NRHM and AMSS participated in the programme. Addressing in the meeting as chief guest Maruf Alom, District Media Expert NRHM informed that initially 200 nos of Schools of Nagaon will be covered under this programme and the main objectives of the programme is to create health awareness among the students community. He further informed that for this programme special...
To celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gurudev Rabindra Nath Tagore at Rangaloo, Nagaon in a befitting manner, Jana Sikshan Sansthan, Nagaon in association with its parent organisation Gram Vikas Parishad organized a day long programme at Rangaloo on May 7. The day long Programme started with the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana performed ‘ by the Anganwadi Trainees and staff at 8:00am in the morning. Drawing competition, Rabindra Sangeet and recitation of Tagore’s poem competition was also held in this occasion. An open session was also arranged in the G.V.P 's auditorium where eminent and senior social activists Eliza Ahmed, Suraiya Begum, Laily Hussain...
People from Assam, who have made Kuwait their second home, are all set to celebrate Rongali Bihu this year with even more fanfare than ever before, under the aegis of Asom Association Kuwait, which was established and registered with the Indian Embassy, Kuwait, in 2009. This Organization formalized the celebration of Bihu in the State of Kuwait, and became instrumental in showcasing the rich culture...
For the first time in Manipur,with an aim to promote production of fodder, for the first time in the state, Health And Family Welfare Minister, L Jayentakumar today inaugurated a fodder factory at Changangei Uchekon in Imphal West.
He said he was really happy to know that setting up of such industrial unit would provide employment opportunities with an object to solve economic problems in the state. The banks in the state were reluctant to provide financial loan to the general public as there were no markets to sell industrial products. At this juncture, establishment of industry should be encouraged and promote, and any kind of disturbances should not be given to it.
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The Chief Minister of Assam State, India, H.E. Tarun Gogoi, today told administration officials at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand, that his government remains interested in tackling unemployment, alleviating poverty, and mitigating and managing natural disasters. Also high on the minister’s agenda is improving professional capacity of people through skills upgrading and training development programmes.
“These issues must be solved through a focus on improved education that stresses science and technology, and capacity building,” Minister Gogoi told AIT President Prof. Said Irandoust, while meeting with senior faculty and staff of the...
A 43-year-old man has been found dead early morning inside his own car at Canchipur under Singjamei police station in Imphal West, police said. Irom Haimo of Chanam Pukhri Mapan Ahongsangbam leikai, Imphal West left his home around 11a.m. yesterday in his car along with an ATM card to withdraw money from a bank. His body was found inside the back seat of his car near Catholic school located at Canchipur.Besides some injury marks seen on different parts of his body, a gold chain and the ATM card were found missing from his possession, they said. Though the police are clueless about the nature of his death, it has been suggested that he might have died due to drug overdosed but his...
A woman committed suicide by consuming pesticide after a petty quarrel with her husband on Monday at Wabagai Kadajit under Kakching police station in Thoubal district, police here said today.
Maibam Memcha(22) wife of Maibam Deepak had a quarrel with her husband last afternoon over taking money from her maternal home ,police sources said. She refused to go and ask money from her parents when Deepak insisted on it, resulting in a feud.
She took pesticide inside a latrine around 2p.m. before she was brought to RIMS where doctors declared her dead at 6:45a.m., they said.A case has been registered at Kakching police in connection with the incident.
In another incident, a man has...
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