06-22-2007, 07:10 PM
It's politicians who elect the President, stupid!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This year, 543 members of the Lok Sabha and 233 members of the Rajya Sabha will directly participate in the Presidential election.
In addition, 4120 MLAs from 28 states and seven Union territories will also take part in the voting.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The value of each MLA's vote is arrived at by dividing the population of the state by the number of seats in the assembly. The figure is then multiplied by 1000. This multiplication was done to make figures manageable.
In Sikkim the value of an MLA's vote is just 7, while in Uttar Pradesh the value is 208.
Nominated member of the Houses including the two Anglo-Indian members nominated to the Lok Sabha are not entitled to vote. Similarly, the 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha are not entitled to vote.
In case of members of Parliament, the value of their vote is determined by dividing the total value of votes of all the voters of the state assemblies by the total numbers of seats in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Kashyap says the purpose of all this "value business" was to arrive at a fine balance of votes between MLAs and MPs. The value of an MP's vote is around 708.
On the basis of the above calculations this time MLAs of the UPA and Left parties have 5,17,369 votes. The National Democratic Alliance's MLAs command 3,41,027 votes, while the regional parties and independents account for 2,37,662 votes.
All the parties know their "value", which is why the presidential election looks like a bargaining mela.
<b>The Samajwadi Party has 59,845 votes, including the value of its MPs votes which is 38,232.</b>
<b>Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party has already gained in many ways because she has in her pocket a voting strength of 45,162.
Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party has 14,036 votes, of which its MPs' votes are worth 7080.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Jayalalithaa has 19,280 votes in her kitty.
A huge chunk belongs to the left parties who have 1,10,480 votes. Their MPs have 54,516 votes while MLAs have 55,964 votes.
Karunanidhi is mediating in the politics behind the presidential election on the strength of his party's 29,752 votes.</b>
The total value of the votes of all members of Parliament is 5,49,408 and that of the state assemblies is 5,49,474, the total value of the votes of 4896 members of the electoral college coming to 10,98,882.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->This year, 543 members of the Lok Sabha and 233 members of the Rajya Sabha will directly participate in the Presidential election.
In addition, 4120 MLAs from 28 states and seven Union territories will also take part in the voting.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The value of each MLA's vote is arrived at by dividing the population of the state by the number of seats in the assembly. The figure is then multiplied by 1000. This multiplication was done to make figures manageable.
In Sikkim the value of an MLA's vote is just 7, while in Uttar Pradesh the value is 208.
Nominated member of the Houses including the two Anglo-Indian members nominated to the Lok Sabha are not entitled to vote. Similarly, the 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha are not entitled to vote.
In case of members of Parliament, the value of their vote is determined by dividing the total value of votes of all the voters of the state assemblies by the total numbers of seats in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
Kashyap says the purpose of all this "value business" was to arrive at a fine balance of votes between MLAs and MPs. The value of an MP's vote is around 708.
On the basis of the above calculations this time MLAs of the UPA and Left parties have 5,17,369 votes. The National Democratic Alliance's MLAs command 3,41,027 votes, while the regional parties and independents account for 2,37,662 votes.
All the parties know their "value", which is why the presidential election looks like a bargaining mela.
<b>The Samajwadi Party has 59,845 votes, including the value of its MPs votes which is 38,232.</b>
<b>Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party has already gained in many ways because she has in her pocket a voting strength of 45,162.
Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party has 14,036 votes, of which its MPs' votes are worth 7080.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Jayalalithaa has 19,280 votes in her kitty.
A huge chunk belongs to the left parties who have 1,10,480 votes. Their MPs have 54,516 votes while MLAs have 55,964 votes.
Karunanidhi is mediating in the politics behind the presidential election on the strength of his party's 29,752 votes.</b>
The total value of the votes of all members of Parliament is 5,49,408 and that of the state assemblies is 5,49,474, the total value of the votes of 4896 members of the electoral college coming to 10,98,882.
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