Electoral College (India)
The Electoral College elects the President of India.
Composition
The college is made up of the following:
- each member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Parliament of India);
- each member of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India);
- each elected member of each state Legislative Assembly; and
- each elected member of each union territory possessing an assembly (i.e. Delhi and Puducherry).
Weighting of votes
The value of votes cast by elected members of the state legislative assemblies and both houses of parliament were decided as per the provisions of article 55(2) of the Constitution of India. The details of number of voters and votes for this presidential election are given below.[1]
- Presidential elections in India involve proportional representation from respective states. The number of votes assigned to a particular voter from a state assembly is decided as follows.
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In other words, value of a MLA vote is no. of thousands of people represented by him. Thus, indirectly entire population cast vote. As per this calculation following are the number of votes for respective states.
| Sr. No. | Name of state or union territory | Number of Assembly seats (elective) | Population (2011 census) | Value of vote of each MLA | Total value of votes for the state or union territory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | 294 | 84,665,533 | 288 | 84,672 |
| 2. | Arunachal Pradesh | 60 | 1,382,611 | 23 | 1,380 |
| 3. | Assam | 126 | 31,169,272 | 247 | 31,122 |
| 4. | Bihar | 243 | 103,804,637 | 427 | 103,761 |
| 5. | Chhattisgarh | 90 | 25,540,196 | 284 | 25,560 |
| 6. | Goa | 40 | 1,457,723 | 36 | 1,440 |
| 7. | Gujarat | 182 | 60,383,628 | 332 | 60,424 |
| 8. | Haryana | 90 | 25,353,081 | 282 | 25,380 |
| 9. | Himachal Pradesh | 68 | 6,856,509 | 101 | 6,868 |
| 10. | Jammu and Kashmir* | 87 | 12,548,926 | 144 | 12,528 |
| 11. | Jharkhand | 81 | 32,966,238 | 407 | 32,967 |
| 12. | Karnataka | 224 | 61,130,704 | 273 | 61,152 |
| 13. | Kerala | 140 | 33,387,677 | 238 | 33,320 |
| 14. | Madhya Pradesh | 230 | 72,597,565 | 316 | 72,680 |
| 15. | Maharashtra | 288 | 112,372,972 | 390 | 112,320 |
| 16. | Manipur | 60 | 2,721,756 | 45 | 2,700 |
| 17. | Meghalaya | 60 | 2,964,007 | 49 | 2,940 |
| 18. | Mizoram | 40 | 1,091,014 | 27 | 1,080 |
| 19. | Nagaland | 60 | 1,980,602 | 33 | 1,980 |
| 20. | Orissa | 147 | 41,947,358 | 285 | 41,895 |
| 21. | Punjab | 117 | 27,704,236 | 237 | 27,729 |
| 22. | Rajasthan | 200 | 68,621,012 | 343 | 68,600 |
| 23. | Sikkim | 32 | 607,688 | 19 | 608 |
| 24. | Tamil Nadu | 234 | 72,138,958 | 308 | 72,072 |
| 25. | Tripura | 60 | 3,671,032 | 61 | 3,660 |
| 26. | Uttarakhand | 70 | 10,116,752 | 145 | 10,150 |
| 27. | Uttar Pradesh | 403 | 199,581,477 | 495 | 199,485 |
| 28. | West Bengal | 294 | 91,347,736 | 311 | 91,434 |
| 29. | NCT of Delhi | 70 | 16,753,235 | 239 | 16,730 |
| 30. | Puducherry | 30 | 1,244,464 | 41 | 1,230 |
| Total | 4,083 | 1,210,218,789 | ' |
(*) Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order
- Total Members of Parliament- Lok Sabha (543) + Rajya Sabha (233) = 776
- The value of a MP's vote is:
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- Value of each vote = 1197867/776 = 1543
- Total value of votes of Parliament = 1197368
- Total number of electors = MLAs + MPs = 4859
- Total number of votes = 2395235