Voting begins to elect India's 15th President election

Nearly 4,800 elected MP's and MLA's will vote today to elect 15th president of India. The polling will take place in parliament house and respective state legislative assemblies from 10 AM to 5 PM.Draupadi Murmu is the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and Yashwant Sinha is the UPA opposition contestant Candidate. 

President Election 2022- India

The results will  be announced on July 21 and the next president will take oath on July 25. The present president of  India Ram nath Kovind's tenure  comes to end on  July 24. NDA's Draupadi Murmu is having a clear edge over UPA's Yashwanth Sinha. She is likely to become the First Woman President from the tribal community.

The Vote share for NDA Candidate is expected to reach nearly 2/3 rd majority with the support of various regional parties in India. Out of 10,86,431 votes NDA has around 6.67 lakh votes.The presidential poles are conducted by the Election Commission of India.In this year presidential elections around 4,900 lawmakers including 776 parliamentarians will elect the 15th president of India.

The electoral college responsible for President's elections in India comprises of the elected members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Legislative assemblies of the states and Union territories. Legislative Councils have no role to play in this elections.

There is Proportional voting system in presidential elections which means the value of every MP or MLA of a state is greater than 1.. This value varies from state to state with respect to population. The fixed vote value for parliamentarian is 708.