04-23-2007, 02:06 AM
<!--emo&:ind--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/india.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='india.gif' /><!--endemo--> <b>Popular support for Kalam's second term </b>
Sunday, April 22, 2007
14:51 IST
New Delhi: Two opinion polls have suggested that President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam should get a second term in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
According to a survey conducted by NDTV Gfk-MODE, nearly 60 per cent of all MPs and legislators and 57.9 per cent of more than 300,000 people who voted online and SMS supported Kalam, whose term ends in July, for another term.
The electoral college's second choice was Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee (28.7 per cent votes), closely followed by Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat with 26.3 percent votes.
But 49.6 per cent of "people's opinion poll" said the coveted post should go to Infosys chief N.R. Narayanmurthy and 48.4 per cent wanted Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
Among the people's votes, Shekhawat could manage just 0.7 per cent, Chatterjee 0.6 per cent while senior Congress leaders Karan Singh and A.K. Antony were supported by 0.4 per cent.
In the electoral college, Karan Singh and Antony managed 8.1 per cent and 6.2 per cent votes respectively.
The Indian president is elected by an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of parliament and of the state assemblies.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
14:51 IST
New Delhi: Two opinion polls have suggested that President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam should get a second term in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
According to a survey conducted by NDTV Gfk-MODE, nearly 60 per cent of all MPs and legislators and 57.9 per cent of more than 300,000 people who voted online and SMS supported Kalam, whose term ends in July, for another term.
The electoral college's second choice was Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee (28.7 per cent votes), closely followed by Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat with 26.3 percent votes.
But 49.6 per cent of "people's opinion poll" said the coveted post should go to Infosys chief N.R. Narayanmurthy and 48.4 per cent wanted Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.
Among the people's votes, Shekhawat could manage just 0.7 per cent, Chatterjee 0.6 per cent while senior Congress leaders Karan Singh and A.K. Antony were supported by 0.4 per cent.
In the electoral college, Karan Singh and Antony managed 8.1 per cent and 6.2 per cent votes respectively.
The Indian president is elected by an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of parliament and of the state assemblies.