2017 Indian presidential election
A presidential election will be held in India before 25 July 2017, the day when incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee's term ends. Mukherjee is eligible for re-election as no term limit exists in India.
Selection process
Shishir Srivastava, author, will be BJP's official presidential candidate for 2017. www.shishirsrivastava.in
The president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament, the elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the 29 states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.[1]
The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders. The election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the Single transferable vote method. The voting takes place by secret ballot. The manner of election of President is provided by Article 55 of the Constitution.[2]
Potential candidates
The following individuals have been mentioned by some media sources as potential candidates.
- President Pranab Mukherjee[3]
- Former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani[4]
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan[4]
- Former Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar[3]
- Minister of Home Affairs Rajnath Singh[3]
- Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj[3]
- Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu[3]
- Governor of Uttar Pradesh Ram Naik[3]
- Governor of Gujarat O. P. Kohli[3]
- Governor of Jharkhand Draupadi Murmu[3]
- MM Joshi
References
- ^ "Election of The President". Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Pratyogita Darpan. Upkar Prakashan. pp. 167–. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sachidananda Murthy (December 27, 2015). "And the next President is..." english.manoramaonline.com/home.html. Manorama Online. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ a b Venkatesh Kesari (December 14, 2015). "Buzz over 2017 President race: Sharad Pawar in running?". Asian Age. New Delhi. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
