Over 99 percent turnout for presidential election
Modi voted
Prime Minister Narendra Modi voted for the presidential election in Parliament on Monday. (Agency)
New Delhi: On Monday, elected Members of Parliament and MLAs from across the country voted in the 15th presidential election of the country. The counting of votes will be done on July 21 and the new president will take the oath of office and secrecy on July 25. Room No. 63 of the Parliament House was made a polling station for the presidential election. The Election Commission’s statement said that the election was successfully conducted in a free, fair and transparent manner between 10 am and 5 pm at 31 centers across the country, including Parliament Houses and State Legislative Houses including Delhi and Puducherry. Several MLAs of the state on Monday said that they had cross-voted in favor of NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu, who did not follow the party’s mandate in the presidential election.
NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu has a heavy margin against Yashwant Sinha, the joint candidate of opposition parties. The victory of NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu (former governor of Jharkhand) is considered certain due to the dominance of BJP and the support of regional parties like Biju Janata Dal, Bahujan Samaj Paksha, Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. He is likely to get more than two-thirds of the votes. She will have the distinction of being the first tribal leader and the second woman to hold the presidency of the country.
In the presidential election, the number of voters is 4809 with 776 parliamentarians and 4033 MLAs. However, five seats in Parliament and six seats in Assemblies are vacant. As two MLAs were disqualified for membership of the Legislative Assembly, there were 4796 eligible voters. The Election Commission said on Monday that more than 99 percent voting was registered. 100 percent polling was recorded in 10 states and Union Territory of Puducherry
was Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu are among the states that recorded 100 percent voting. Voters include elected members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies. Appointed members and members of the Legislative Council are not given the right to vote in the election of the President.
The MLAs who cross-voted included the NCP’s MLAs from Jharkhand and Gujarat, Haryana and Congress MLAs from Odisha. He said that we followed the voice of our soul. IUDOF MLA in Assam Karimuddin Barbhuyan claimed that 20 state Congress MLAs had voted in favor of Mumur on Monday. In Uttar Pradesh, Shivpal Yadav also claimed that he would never support Yashwant Sinha, who once described his brother and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as an ISI agent. Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishrnoi, who cross-voted in last month’s Rajya Sabha elections,
Said that even in the presidential election, I voted only by listening to the voice of the soul.
This indicates that Bishrnoi supported Mumur rather than Yashwant Sinha.
Presidential elections are conducted by secret ballot. A party cannot issue a ticket for its MP or MLA in the presidential election.
Odisha-based Congress MLA Mohammad Mokim created controversy by announcing that he had voted in favor of Murmoo because she was a daughter of Odisha.
NCP MLA Kamlesh Singh in Jharkhand said that I voted in favor of NDA candidate Draupadi Murmoo.
NCP leader in Gujarat Kandhal Jadeja also said that he voted in favor of Mumur.
Regional parties including BJD, YSRCP, TDP, JDS and Shiromani Akali Dal also supported Murmoo in the presidential election. Draupadi Murmu will win the presidential election with a huge majority and the road to Delhi passes through Lucknow, said Rajbhar. (Agency)
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