The President is elected by the members of the Electoral College
Elections to choose the 15th President of India are being held today -- a race between NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and the opposition's Yashwant Sinha
The counting of votes will be held on July 21 and the new President will take oath on July 25, under the schedule announced by the Election Commission.
The President is elected by the members of the Electoral College, comprising elected members of both houses of Parliament and legislative assemblies of all states as well as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Here are the HIGHLIGHTS on the Presidential Election 2022:
Ballot boxes to start arriving in Delhi tonight, most will be in by Tuesday noonThe ballot boxes used for Monday's presidential election will start reaching the national capital from tonight and a majority of them would be at the Parliament House by Tuesday noon, officials said.
The ballot box from the Delhi Legislative Assembly as well as those from at least four neighbouring states would reach the strong room of Parliament House tonight itself.
An Election Commission functionary said the ballot boxes from state capitals which have direct early morning flights for Delhi would reach here by Tuesday noon.
The ballot boxes from states which do not have direct flights will arrive by Tuesday evening.
58 of 60 Tripura MLAs cast vote Out of the total 60 MLAs of Tripura, 58 cast their vote in the Presidential election here on Monday, Speaker Ratan Chakraborty said.
A legislator of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT), an ally of the ruling BJP-led coalition in the state, and a CPI(M) MLA who was ailing did not exercise their franchise here, he said.
Chief Minister Manik Saha, his deputy Jishnu Dev Verma, leader of opposition Manik Sarkar and others cast their vote in the lobby of the Assembly.
All 36 lawmakers of the BJP and seven out of the eight IPFT legislators voted in the polling which ended at 5 pm.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan casts his vote in the Parliament for the Presidential polls
NCP MLA in Jharkhand votes for Droupadi Murmu, says "went by conscience call"NCP MLA Kamlesh Singh on Monday took many in the political circle by surprise as he announced that he has voted for NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu.
Ms Murmu, an ex-governor of Jharkhand, is up against former Hazaribag MP Yashwant Sinha, the joint candidate of non-BJP parties, including the Congress, the TMC and the NCP.
Mr Singh said he went by his "conscience call" while exercising his franchise.
According to Assembly sources, 50 of the state's 81 legislators cast their votes for the presidential elections in the Tribunal Hall of the House till 1 pm.
As many as 28 legislators of the NDA, including two of the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) Party, reached the Assembly premises in a bus to exercise their franchise.
Akali MLA Boycotts Presidential Poll, Cites "Sentiments Of Sikh Community"Even as the election is underway with 776 Members of Parliament and 4,033 MLAs voting to elect the 15th President of India, an Akali Dal MLA has broken away from the party's decision to back NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu.
Akali Dal MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali in a Facebook video announced that he is boycotting the election and will not vote for either Droupadi Murmu or Yashwant Sinha, the presidential candidates.
Mulayam Singh given fresh ballot after first voting attempt fails
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav were issued fresh ballots after they could not cast their votes properly in the first attempt in the presidential poll being held Monday.
Mr Yadav arrived in Parliament in a wheelchair, but faltered while casting his vote, and was given another chance to do so, sources said.
Voted according to my conscience, says Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi
Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi, who cross-voted in last month's Rajya Sabha polls, on Monday said he has voted according to his conscience in the presidential election too.
Indicating that he had supported NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu rather than the opposition's Yashwant Sinha, Bishnoi said in Delhi, "Like in Rajya Sabha, I have cast my vote in this election too as per my conscience".
When reporters asked about his future course of action, he said, "I will reveal that soon." Before the Rajya Sabha polls too, Bishnoi, the younger son of former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal, had said he would go by his conscience.
Congress MLA in Odisha votes for NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu
P Chidambaram, Farooq Abdullah, Simranjit Singh Mann cast their votes
Akali Dal MLA Boycotts Presidential Poll
Even as the election is underway with 776 Members of Parliament and 4,033 MLAs voting to elect the 15th President of India, an Akali Dal MLA has broken away from the party's decision to back NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu.
Akali Dal MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali in a Facebook video announced that he is boycotting the election and will not vote for either Draupadi Murmu or Yashwant Sinha, the presidential candidates.
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119 Assam MLAs cast votes for presidential election
A total of 119 of the 126 Assam MLAs, including Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, cast their votes for the presidential polls in the assembly on Monday.
BSP rose above politics to support Droupadi Murmu, says MayawatiBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati claimed that his party rose above politics to support NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and urged legislators belonging to weaker sections to vote on the basis of their conscience.
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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party Convener Arvind Kejriwal casts his vote
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 PM today amid voting for Presidential PollLok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 PM on Monday as the voting for the Presidential election is taking place on Parliament premises.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said the House proceedings will resume afterwards.
Prior to this adjournment, Om Birla paid tributes to former United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and former Kenya President Mwai Kibaki. Birla also paid tribute to former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe during the session.
NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu expected to get nearly 62 per cent of total votes.
Several Chief Ministers Cast VoteSeveral Chief Ministers including Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath, Odisha's Naveen Patnaik and Gujarat's Bhupendra Patel, Andhra Pradesh's YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Rajasthan's Ashok Gehlot and Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin among others cast their votes on Monday from their respective State Assemblies
"Defined By Her Simplicity", Droupadi Murmu's Proud Brother Tells NDTV
As Droupadi Murmu prepares to be India's youngest President and the first tribal woman to take the office, a village in Odisha is overjoyed.
The 64-year-old former Governor lives in Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district with her younger brother and his wife in a five-room house built by her husband in the 1990s.
"I just have no words to describe how proud and happy we are that she is becoming the First Citizen," said Taranisen Tudu, Droupadi Murmu's brother.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah cast his vote
Yajnas In Odisha For Droupadi Murmu's Win In Presidential Poll
Earthen lamps were lit and yajnas organised at various places of worship across Odisha on Sunday as BJP workers and people from tribal communities prayed for the victory of NDA's presidential poll candidate Droupadi Murmu, a resident of the state's Mayurbhanj district.
Prime Minister Tweets after casting his vote
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Udhhav Thackeray and current Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena camps back NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu
Why Votes For Presidential Poll Will Be Stored In Ballot Boxes, Not EVMs
Ever wondered why electronic voting machines, used in four Lok Sabha elections and 127 assembly polls since 2004, are not deployed in polls to elect the President and Vice President of India, members of Rajya Sabha, and members of state legislative councils? The EVMs are based on a technology where they work as aggregator of votes in direct elections such as the Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
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Opposition Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha urged all MLAs and MPs to vote according to their conscience.
Watch: NDTV reports from NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu's house in Rairangpur, Odisha
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Casts His Vote
Voting begins for the Presidential election
Cross-voting fears in Maharashtra Congress NCP
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress - the two main opposition parties in Maharashtra - have already held meetings with their legislators to ensure there is no any cross-voting in favour of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's candidate Droupadi Murmu.
The opposition is concerned as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday claimed that Murmu would get the support of 200 MLAs from the state.
"We will manage to get the votes of 200 MLAs for Droupadi Murmu. We want a very comfortable win for her," he said.
Yashwant Sinha's Appeal Ahead Of Presidential Polls
Yashwant Sinha, the opposition's presidential candidate, on Sunday made a final appeal to all political parties to vote for him in tomorrow's election, in which he is pitted against NDA's presidential pick Droupadi Murmu.
Yashwant Sinha in his statement reiterated that the presidential election is not about the two candidates, but it's a contest between two ideologies.
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Droupadi Murmu vs Yashwant Sinha In Presidential Election Today
Elections to choose the 15th President of India will be held today -- a race between NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and the opposition's Yashwant Sinha.
The counting of votes will be held on July 21 and the new President will take oath on July 25, under the schedule announced by the Election Commission.
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