Indian Presidential Election 2022 will be held this year, and this is the 16th presidential election in India. Currently, Ram Nath Kovind is the president of India. The president shall remain in office for a period of five years. Most of the parties announced their candidates and already filed their nominations.
Candidates
National Democratic Alliance
Draupadi Murmu from Odisha, 9th governor of Jharkhand picked by BJP for the presidential election on 21 June 2022.
United Progressive Alliance
Yashwant Sinha from Bihar was selected unanimously as the President Candidate of the Opposition for the 2022 Presidential Election, making him the First Trinamool Congress leader to be nominated for the President.
Following is the list of the 11 candidates who filed nominations for the Presidential elections on the first day:
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K Padmarajan (Tamil Nadu)
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Jeevan Kumar Mittal (Delhi)
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Mohammad A Hamid Patel (Maharashtra)
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Sairo Bano Mohammad Patel (Maharashtra)
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T Ramesh (Namakkal)
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Shyam Nandan Prasad (Bihar)
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Daya Shankar Agrawal (Delhi)
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Om Prakash Kharbanda (Delhi)
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Lalu Prasad Yadav (Bihar)
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A Manithan (Tamil Nadu)
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Mandati Thirupathi Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)
Here are the essential takeaways from the ECI's presser:
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The nominations can be filed from June 15 and can be filed till June 29, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar said.
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Scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 30 and the last date for the pullout of nominations will be July 2.
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An election poll to fill in the office is scheduled to be held on 18 July 2022 and the counting of votes will take place on 21 July 2022.
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All Covid-19-related protocols will have to be followed during voting and counting of votes.
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No political party will be allowed to issue any kind of whip.
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The total number of electors for the election will be 4,809 – 776 MPs and 4,033 MLAs.
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Voting for the presidential election will take place in Parliament and the premises of state assemblies; the Rajya Sabha secretary-general will be the returning officer. While MPs cast their vote in Parliament and MLAs in their respective state assemblies.
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In case of an emergency, the EC would need to be informed 10 days in advance for MPs to vote in a state assembly or for MLAs to vote in the Parliament complex.
The term of the outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind will expire on July 24 and the new president has to be sworn in by July 25, the poll body further said at a press conference.
