With reference to the election of the President of India, consider the following statements:The valu

Question

With reference to the election of the President of India, consider the following statements:The value of the vote of each MLA varies from State to State.The value of the vote of MPs of the Lok Sabha is more than the value of the vote of MPs of the Rajya Sabha.Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

The President is elected not directly by the people but by members of an electoral college consisting of:the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament;the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the states;the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.Value of the vote is determined in the following manner:Every elected member of the legislative assembly of a state shall have as many votes as there are 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. (Hence, it varies according to population of state.)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.Hence, the correct answer is (a).Source: Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth, Chapter: President