Draupadi Murmu and Yashwant Sinha
Draupadi Murmu is the NDA candidate in the presidential election, while Yashwant Sinha is in the fray from the opposition party. Voting will be held at the Parliament House and the Legislative Assembly of various states.
Today, July 18, Monday, the country’s 15th President Elections will be held for In the presidential election (President Election 2022) Around 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs will vote. National Democratic Alliance in this election (NDA) Draupadi Murmu as candidate from (Draupadi Murmu) is, while Yashwant Sinha as the opposition candidate (Yashwant Sinha) Contesting elections. Voting will be held today at the Parliament House and the Legislative Assembly of various states, for which the ballot boxes have already arrived. The votes will be counted on July 21 and the newly elected President will be sworn in on July 25.
NDA candidate has now more than 6.67 lakh votes out of a total of 10,86,431 votes. Since Jammu and Kashmir does not currently have a Legislative Assembly, the value of a Member of Parliament’s vote has reduced from 708 to 700. The value of votes of MLAs varies in different states. Each of Uttar Pradesh’s 403 MLAs has a vote value of 208, meaning their total value is 83,824.
Each MLA from Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand is worth 176 votes. This is followed by 175 votes in Maharashtra, 173 in Bihar and 159 in Andhra Pradesh. In smaller states each MLA vote in Sikkim is worth seven. This is followed by Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram with eight each, Nagaland with nine, Meghalaya with 17, Manipur with 18 and Goa with 20. The value of a vote of an MLA from the Union Territory of Puducherry is 16.
Strong support from these parties to Murmu
Draupadi Murmu has received support from regional parties other than NDA. Mainly Biju Janata Dal (BJD), YSR Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Janata Dal (Secular), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), along with It has received support from regional parties like the Shiv Sena and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Murmu, the NDA’s presidential candidate, could reach nearly two-thirds of the vote share and become the first tribal woman to hold the highest constitutional post.
Tribals, women excited about my candidature – Draupadi Murmu
A day ahead of the presidential polls, NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu on Sunday said tribals and women are excited and happy about her candidature for the country’s top constitutional post. Murmu interacted with NDA MPs on Sunday and thanked them for making him the ruling coalition’s candidate for the presidency. Murmu was also honored in the meeting. Murmu said in the meeting, ‘My candidature has created enthusiasm among tribals and women.’ First, a ‘mock drill’ of the elections to be held on July 18 was conducted in Parliament House. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders with parliamentary experience and the party’s legal cell briefed the MPs about the voting process.
Vote by listening to your conscience – Yashwant Sinha
Just two days before the presidential election, the opposition’s joint candidate Yashwant Sinha on Saturday appealed to all MLAs and MPs to vote their conscience and once again said it was a battle between two ideologies. In a video message posted on his Twitter handle, Sinha said that the Constitution provides that voting shall be confidential and no party whip shall apply, which means that MLAs and MPs themselves can decide for whom they wish to vote. . “This time the presidential election is being held under extraordinary circumstances. The country faces many problems on many fronts, but the biggest problem is how to save our constitution. He appealed to BJP MLAs and MPs to vote, saying that they were once in his party.