Maharashtra mla vote value in president election

New Delhi: The value of the vote of a Member of Parliament has gone down to 700 from 708 in the presidential poll scheduled for July 18 due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. The value of the vote of an MP in a presidential election is based on the number of elected members in legislative assemblies of states and union territories, including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to a question on value of vote of each member of Parliament due to the absence of a legislative assembly in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar told reporters that the value of vote of each MP will be 700. "It was 708 (earlier). It has been changing. It was 702 (at one time)," he said. The electoral college for the presidential election comprises the elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and those of the legislative assemblies of states and union territories including Delhi and Puducherry. Nominated MPs and MLAs as well as members of legislative councils cannot vote to elect the president. Before it was bifurcated into two union territories of Ladakh, and Jammu & Kashmir in August 2019, the erstwhile state of J&K had 83 assembly seats. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, the Union Territory of J&K will have a legislative assembly, while Ladakh will be governed directly by the Centre. The government had announced that elections to the legislative assembly would be held after the completion ...

Relevance: GS-2: Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these. Key Phrases: Presidential election, National Capital Territory, Election Commission, proposers, seconders, nomination, Union Territories, electoral college, Head of State. Why in News? • The tenure of the current President of India is set to end in July this year, which is also when the 16th Indian Presidential election will be held to elect his successor. How is the President elected? • The Indian President is elected through an electoral college system, wherein the votes are cast by national and State-level lawmakers. • The elections are conducted and overseen by the Election Commission (EC) of India. • The electoral college is made up of all the elected members of the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs), and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of States and Union Territories (MLAs). • This means, in the upcoming polls, the number of electors will be 4,896 — 543 Lok Sabha MPs, 233 MPs of the Rajya Sabha, and 4,120 MLAs of all States, including the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry. • Before the voting, comes the nomination stage, where the candidate intending to stand in the election, files the nomination along with a signed list of 50 proposers and 50 seconders. • These proposers and seconders can be anyone from the total of 4,896 membe...

Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 18 The Election Commission said overall turnout in the presidential poll was more than 99 per cent.Out of the electoral college of 4,809 (776 MPs and 4033 MLAs), 4,796 electors featured in the final voter list today. Two MLAs (Anant Kumar Singh and Mahendra Hari Dalvi) were declared ineligible to vote subsequent to a court judgement, five vacancies exist in Rajya Sabha and six in state assemblies leaving 13 electors out of the electoral college of 4809. “Out of the 771 MPs (five RS vacancies) eligible to vote and 4,025 MLAs (six vacancies and two disqualifications), over 99 per cent cast their votes and 100 pc voting by MLAs was reported from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu,” the EC said. The polling took place at 31 polling locations -- one in Parliament House and 30 in state headquarters with 98.91 pc voter turnout recorded in the election station at Parliament House. Outof736 electors (727 MPs and 9 MLAs) permitted to vote in Parliament by EC, 728 (719 MPs and nine MLAs) voted;44 MPs were permitted to vote at state headquarters; 9 MLAs voted at Parliament House and 2 MLAs in states other than where they belong. PC Mody, Secretary General Rajya Sabha, Returning Officer for the election, said counting of votes will take place at Parliament House on July 21 (Thursday) starting 11 am and results will be announced soon as the counting is o...

IMAGE: Election Commission staff ready election material for the upcoming 16th Presidential elections in New Delhi. Photograph: Shahbaz Khan/PTI Photo Members of Parliament have a much higher vote value at 700. The vote value of each of the 403 MLAs of Uttar Pradesh is 208, which pegs the cumulative value at 83,824. Each MLA of Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand has a vote value of 176 followed by that of Maharashtra (175), Bihar (173), Andhra Pradesh (159). The cumulative vote value of the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly is 41,184 and that of 81-member Jharkhand is 14,256. The vote value of the 288-member Maharashtra assembly is 50,400 and 243-member Bihar house is 42,039 and 175-member Andhra Pradesh assembly is 27,825. The vote value of an MLA is calculated on the basis of the total population of the state, based on the 1971 census. Among smaller states, the vote value of each MLA of Sikkim is 7, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram (8 each), Nagaland (9), Meghalaya (17), Manipur (18) and Goa (20). The vote value of an MLA of the Union Territory of Puducherry is 16. The vote value of 72-member Sikkim assembly is 224, 40-member Mizoram assembly is 320, 60-member assembly of Arunachal Pradesh is 480, 60-member Nagaland assembly is 540, 60-member Meghalaya house is 1020, 60-member Manipur assembly is 1080 and 40-member Goa assembly is 800. The value of the vote of a Member of Parliament was reduced to 700 from 708 due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir...

President Ram Nath Kovind’s five-year tenure comes to an end on July 25 and before that, a new president must be sworn in. NDA is shy of the 50 per cent mark of votes required to elect the president. We take a look at the math behind India’s Presidential elections and why the strength of legislative assemblies matter. In Uttar Pradesh, each MLA has a vote value of 208 while the whole state (all 403 MLAs) has a vote value of 83,824. Each MLA in Maharashtra (total vote value 50,400) has a vote value of 175. West Bengal, despite its relatively smaller size, commands a vote value of 44,394 based on its population size with each MLA having a weightage of 151.

• • • • Presidential polls: 283 out of 287 Maharashtra MLAs vote amid cross-voting speculation Presidential polls: 283 out of 287 Maharashtra MLAs vote amid cross-voting speculation The BJP had managed to get 10 votes more than its strength on paper during Rajya Sabha election last month; 10 days later, it received 22 additional votes in the state council polls. A total of 283 MLAs from Maharashtra voted to The Maharashtra assembly has a strength of 288 MLAs, which got reduced to 287 following the death of Shiv Sena legislator Ramesh Latke in May. Two jailed NCP MLAs, Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh, did not vote. The BJP MLA from Chinchwad constituency, Laxman Jagtap, did not vote due to ill health while another rebel Sena MLA from Alibaug in Raigad district, Mahendra Dalvi, did not vote on account of being convicted in a case in May 2022. “Today’s election is a mere formality. We are confident that NDA’s The BJP had managed to get 10 votes more than its strength on paper during Rajya Sabha election last month; 10 days later, it received 22 additional votes in the state council polls. Alluding to this, Patil said, “ Patil said those who did not vote in favour of the BJP in the earlier two elections would do so this time to ensure the election of the country’s first tribal woman President. The Congress and the

Each MLA of Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand has a vote value of 176 followed by that of Maharashtra (175), Bihar (173), Andhra Pradesh (159). The cumulative vote value of the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly is 41,184 and that of 81-member Jharkhand is 14,256. The vote value of the 288-member Maharashtra assembly is 50,400 and 243-member Bihar house is 42,039 and 175-member Andhra Pradesh assembly is 27,825. The vote value of an MLA is calculated on the basis of the total population of the state, based on the 1971 census. Among smaller states, the vote value of each MLA of Sikkim is 7, followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram (8 each), Nagaland (9), Meghalaya (17), Manipur (18) and Goa (20). The vote value of an MLA of the Union Territory of Puducherry is 16. The vote value of 72-member Sikkim assembly is 224, 40-member Mizoram assembly is 320, 60-member assembly of Arunachal Pradesh is 480, 60-member Nagaland assembly is 540, 60-member Meghalaya house is 1020, 60-member Manipur assembly is 1080 and 40-member Goa assembly is 800. The value of the vote of a Member of Parliament was reduced to 700 from 708 due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. The value of the vote of an MP in a presidential election is based on the number of elected members in legislative assemblies of states and union territories, including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir. The Electoral College for the presidential election comprises the members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and th...

As per the Article 54 of the Constitution of India, the elected members of both Houses of Parliament, and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.The polling will take place in Parliament House and state legislative assemblies between 10 am and 5 pm for which ballot boxes have already reached their destinations. For marking the vote, the Commission will supply particular pens. The pen will be given to the electors in the polling station by the designated official when the ballot paper is handed over. Electors have to mark the ballot only with this particular pen and not with any other pen. Voting by using any other pen shall lead to invalidation of the vote at the time of counting. Normally, Members of Parliament are expected to cast their votes at the place of polling in the Parliament House, New Delhi. Similarly, Members of State Legislative Assemblies are expected to vote at the respective State Legislative Assembly. However, on account of any exigency or special circumstances, the Members of Parliament can vote in any of the approved places of polling in the Legislative Assemblies of States/NCT of Delhi/UT of Puducherry. In similar conditions, any MLA may vote at the place of polling in Parliament House, New Delhi or in any of the approved places of polling in the Legislative Assembly of other States/NCT of Delhi/UT of Puducherry. The counting of votes will take plac...

As per the Article 54 of the Constitution of India, the elected members of both Houses of Parliament, and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.The polling will take place in Parliament House and state legislative assemblies between 10 am and 5 pm for which ballot boxes have already reached their destinations. For marking the vote, the Commission will supply particular pens. The pen will be given to the electors in the polling station by the designated official when the ballot paper is handed over. Electors have to mark the ballot only with this particular pen and not with any other pen. Voting by using any other pen shall lead to invalidation of the vote at the time of counting. Normally, Members of Parliament are expected to cast their votes at the place of polling in the Parliament House, New Delhi. Similarly, Members of State Legislative Assemblies are expected to vote at the respective State Legislative Assembly. However, on account of any exigency or special circumstances, the Members of Parliament can vote in any of the approved places of polling in the Legislative Assemblies of States/NCT of Delhi/UT of Puducherry. In similar conditions, any MLA may vote at the place of polling in Parliament House, New Delhi or in any of the approved places of polling in the Legislative Assembly of other States/NCT of Delhi/UT of Puducherry. The counting of votes will take plac...

Tribune News Service New Delhi, July 18 The Election Commission said overall turnout in the presidential poll was more than 99 per cent.Out of the electoral college of 4,809 (776 MPs and 4033 MLAs), 4,796 electors featured in the final voter list today. Two MLAs (Anant Kumar Singh and Mahendra Hari Dalvi) were declared ineligible to vote subsequent to a court judgement, five vacancies exist in Rajya Sabha and six in state assemblies leaving 13 electors out of the electoral college of 4809. “Out of the 771 MPs (five RS vacancies) eligible to vote and 4,025 MLAs (six vacancies and two disqualifications), over 99 per cent cast their votes and 100 pc voting by MLAs was reported from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu,” the EC said. The polling took place at 31 polling locations -- one in Parliament House and 30 in state headquarters with 98.91 pc voter turnout recorded in the election station at Parliament House. Outof736 electors (727 MPs and 9 MLAs) permitted to vote in Parliament by EC, 728 (719 MPs and nine MLAs) voted;44 MPs were permitted to vote at state headquarters; 9 MLAs voted at Parliament House and 2 MLAs in states other than where they belong. PC Mody, Secretary General Rajya Sabha, Returning Officer for the election, said counting of votes will take place at Parliament House on July 21 (Thursday) starting 11 am and results will be announced soon as the counting is o...