Q. Which of the following statement is correct regarding the election of the President of India?
Exp) Option d is the correct answer.
Option a is incorrect: All doubts and disputes in connection with election of the President are inquired into and decided by the Supreme Court whose decision is final.
Option b is incorrect: The vote value of each MLA differs from State to State based on a calculation that factors in its population vis-a-vis the number of members in its legislative Assembly.
Option c is incorrect: Where an assembly is dissolved, the members cease to be qualified to vote in the presidential election, even if fresh elections to the dissolved assembly are not held before the presidential election.
Option d is correct: There has been maintained a parity between the states as a whole and union on the other side. Every elected member of either House of Parliament shall have such 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. This also means that total value of votes of all elected MLAs (including elected members of assembly of UTs) is equal to total value of votes of elected MPs
| Important Tips In the election of President, the value of each MLA’s vote is determined by dividing the population of the State by the number of MLAs in its legislative Assembly, and the quotient achieved is further divided by 1000. Uttar Pradesh for instance, has the highest vote value for each of its MLAs, at 208. The value of one MLA’s vote in Maharashtra is 175, while that in Arunachal Pradesh is just 8. |
