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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HTML clipboardYada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati Bharat,Abhyuthanam adharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham. Paritranay sadhunam vinayshay cha duskritam, Dharma sansthapanarthay sambhavami yuge yuge. (Gita chap. 4:7 & 8) (Whenever the dharma (righteousness) is in peril and dark clouds (evil) descend on this earth, I come to this world. To protect righteousness, to destroy evil and to redeem dharma, I come to this world-Lord Krishna). When the world was dominated with sins and sinners and the righteousness was all time low, Lord Krishna and Lord Rama came into human form (incarnation) to wipe-out sins and sinners and re-establish righteousness. Krishna enacted Mahabharat – war between...
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says science and technology are going to be the staple subject in near future and the focus should be on spreading technical education. Addressing the students of IIT Guwahati on Tuesday the Prime Minister said the government is emphasizing on technical education in the next five year plan.According to Dr Singh, in government policies and plans, rural youth is also being included so that every section of the society can get equal opportunity for higher education. He further appealed to Private sector and NGOs to cooperate with the Government to give better platform for India's youth.He said that Public Private partnership is must for better advancement of...
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