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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Indian Presidential Election - July 19,2012

The election for the 14th President of India has been fixed for July 19. Votes will be counted, if needed, on July 22, said Chief Election Commissioner V Sampath on Tuesday June 12,2012

The Chief Election Commissioner announced that the notification for the Presidential poll will be issued on June 16 and the last date of nomination is June 30. The nomination papers will be scrutinized on July 2 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures is July 4,2012.


The President is elected by the members of the Electoral College consisting of elected members of both Houses of Parliament, and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
However, the nominated members of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha and Legislative Assemblies of the States are not eligible to participate in the election.

The electoral college for the Presidential poll 2012 is 4896. 776 Members of Parliament and 4120 Members of Legislative Assemblies will take part in the elections

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