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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Third Front leaders will meet on Tuesday in Guwahati to complete the seat sharing deal for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Third Front comprising AUDF, CPM, CP and NCP has already finalised the deal for altogether nine seats. Of them 4 for AUDF, 2 each for CPI and 3 for NCP.
CPI leaders have anounced that the party will field sitting Nazira MLA Drupad Bogohain from Jorhat Lok Sabha seat while Bhugeswar Dutta will be the candidate for Lakhimpur seat.
According to sources, NCP would field one of its candidates in Guwahati Lok Sabha seat.
Kaziranga National Park is agog with festivity as the 7th elephant festival begins on Monday.The four day long event will be formally inaugurated by forest and tourism minister Rockybul Hussain on Tuesday at a glittering function inside the park.The Kaziranga Marathon will mark the beginning of the festival and this would be followed by the opening of a fair by Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Chandan Brahma.The focus of attention on Tuesday will be a cultural procession. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduled to attend the jumbo festival. Several experts will deliberate on the man-elephant festival in a series of seminars and group discussions.
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad is gearing up to fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The regional party is all set to clear its list of candidates by February 15.According to party senior leaders, the decision was taken at the first meeting of the party’s election preparation committee held on Friday. The meeting unanimously resolved that the ticket aspirants will send their names to the steering committee after due consultation with the district committees.The party has convened its next sitting on February 14 and the meeting is expected to finalise the list of the candidates.
An ULFA cadre died at an encounter at Sarthebari area in Barpeta district on Friday evening.According to information, the encounter between the ULFA militants and a team of police and CRPF jawans took place at Na-Satra and the militant was identified Trailakya Deka.Acting on some specific inputs of ULFA presence in the area, a team of police and the CRPF jawans was launching an operation where they locked in an encounter with three ULFA rebels.Policman Younis Ali sustained was injured in the encounter. Police and security forces are looking for two other rebels who managed to flee from the spot.
A crucial AGP steering committee meeting has failed to clear its poll deal with BJP on a few vital seats. The meeting convened at the party headquarters on Thursday remained inconclusive as the seat sharing deal was not discussed in detail in view of some party obligation. The meeting would be convened again in a day or two to take a decision.In yet another development, the third front leaders comprising AUDF, CPI, CPM and NCP also failed to strike a deal for the upcoming Lok Sabha poll. The Third Front has already cleared deal for 8 seats. The meeting on Thursday evening remained inconclusive and would hold again on February 10.
There is report of a crackdown by Bangladesh security agencies on Indian insurgent camps.According to information, Bangladesh security agencies had raided camps of the Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and United National Liberation Front (UNLF) located at the Chittagong Hill Tracts a few weeks ago. These revelations have come up during interrogation of the People's Liberation Army militants arrested recently.Sources say a few years ago the PLA had about 15,00 cadre in the Khoya camp in the CHT, but their number has been reduced to 50 now. As PLA had maintained 'good relations' with 'certain Bangladesh agencies', they still had a camp in the area. The cadres are Vinod, Narayan Singh, Mema....
There is report of a simmering tension in North Lakhimpur district as two Pakistani flags were seen flying in two interior areas on Wednesday. Confirming this, police officials told reporters that the name of Pakistan was clearly written in English in both the flagsBoth the Pakistani flags were spotted in Malagaon near Dikorng chapori in Lakhimpur district and the local residents said they have not seen any body hoisting the flags.On receipt if the complaint, a police team led by the district superintendent of police Mrinal Deka rushed to the spot and seized the two flags. Investigation is in progress. The incident is said to an attempt to incite communal clash in the areas inhibited by...
The Asom gana parishad leaders are holding a steering body meeting on Thursday to finalise the fate of the prestigious Guwahati Lok Sabha seat. According to the senior party leaders, they would have to take a decision on the seat and contradicted the report that they have already handed over the Guwahati seat to the BJP. A section of senior BJP leaders have said the deal has already been finalised and that they have been allowed to field their candidates.In yet another development, the third front comprising AUDF, NCP, CPI and CPM have finalised the poll deals in altogether 8 seats. The meeting on Wednesday evening has cleared 4 seats for AUDF and 2 each for CPI and NCP. The deals for the...
Caught in a barrage of controversy Assam state Chief election officer has put in his papers and joined the Congress on Sunday.According to information, C K Sarma who has been working as the state's chief election officer is seeking Congress ticket for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He already talked to a few party leaders of the APCC. As the news was spreading like wild fire, Opposition AGP and BJP unitedly upped ante on him and asked him to step down to retain the sanctity of the Election Commission.Sarma put in his papers on Sunday but he is not sure of party ticket for the upcoming Lok sabha polls.
An uneasy situation is escalating in upper Assam's Sivasagar district after an innocent youth was killed while police, army and security forces locked at an encounte with ULFA at Charaideo on Thursday afternoon.Local residents have alleged that army killed a tea garden labourer Monglu Tati, a tea garden labourer in the encounter and have claimed him to be a hardcore ULFA militant. The agitating people have also called a 12 hour Sivasagar bandh on Monday to protest the killing of the innocent youth.In yet another information, it is learnt that the policemen killed in the encounter were riding on the motorcycle and they have no knowledge about the encounter. All these are said to be due to...
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