Droupadi Murmu 15th President Of India
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What is discussed under Droupadi Murmu 15th President Of India ?

1. Droupadi Murmu
2. Election of President

Why in News ?

Draupadi Murmu  presidential candidate got elected as India’s first Tribal and 15th President of India in the recently concluded presidential elections.

Key Facts

Facts About Droupadi Murmu

• • She is also the first President, belong to Odisha.
  • She was born in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, in the Santhal tribal community.
  • She is also India’s first president to be born after Independence.
  • She became the 9th and 1st tribal governor of Jharkhand in 2015 and served till 2021.

Qualifications for Election as President

• Citizen of India.
• Completed 35 years of age.
• Qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha.
• Candidate should not hold any office of profit under the Union government or any state government or any local authority or any other public authority. (A sitting President or Vice-President of the Union, the Governor of any state and a minister of the Union or any state is not deemed to hold any office of profit and hence qualified as a presidential candidate.)

Election of President

President is elected not directly by the people.

• • Members of electoral college consisting of:
    1. Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament
    2.  Elected members of the legislative assemblies of the states
    3. Elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry
  • Memebers Not participate in electin
    1. Nominated members of both of Houses of Parliament
    2. Nominated members of the state legislative assemblies
    3. Members of both elected and nominated of the state legislative councils for bicameral legislature
    4. Nominated members of the Legislative Assemblies of Delhi and Puducherry.
  • Number of votes which each elected member of the legislative assembly of each state and the Parliament is
    • Value of MLA votes is calculated as multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the state by the total number of the elected members of the assembly.

• • • Value of vote of MP as number of votes as may be obtained by dividing the total number of votes assigned to members of the legislative assemblies of the states by the total number of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament.

• • • Quota of votes is determined by dividing the total number of valid votes polled by the number of candidates to be elected (here only one candidate is to be elected as President) plus one and adding one to the quotient.

• • • The voter indicate his preferences by marking 1, 2, 3, etc. against the names of candidates which indicates as many preferences as there are candidates in the fray.

Terms of President

• • • The President can hold office beyond his term of five years until his successor assumes charge. He is also eligible for re-election to that office.

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