President Election 2022: EC Announces Schedule. Nominations Till June 29, Result On July 21 | Details

President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure will end on July 24, 2022, and as per Article 62 of the Constitution, an election for the next president must be held before the completion of the incumbent’s term. 

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India announced the date and schedule for the Presidential Elections 2022.  The poll panel announced that the voting for the election for the 16th President of India will be held on July 18 and the results will be announced on July 21. Candidates can file their nominations by June 29 after which the poll body will assess if there is any need to conduct the voting process. 

This was the new CEC Rajiv Kumar's first press conference after assuming charge. Before announcing the schedule of the next Presidential elections he explained how the polls will be conducted and the voting will be done by a secret ballot. 

 

President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure will end on July 24, 2022 and as per Article 62 of the Constitution, an election for the next president must be held before the completion of the incumbent’s term. 

The election for the Office of President of India was last held on July 17, 2017 while the winner was declared three days later on July 20. A President in India is elected by the members of the electoral college comprising of elected members of both the houses — Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The electoral college consists of elected members of both houses of Parliament and elected members of the legislative assemblies of all states including the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The nominated members of either Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha or legislative assemblies of the states are not eligible to be included in the electoral college and, therefore, they are not entitled to participate in the election. Similarly, members of the legislative councils are also not electors for the presidential election.

In terms of numbers, the electoral college is made up of 233 members of Rajya Sabha, 543 members of Lok Sabha, and 4,120 members of Legislative Assemblies - a total of 4,896 electors. The value of the vote of every MP is fixed at 708, while among states the value of the vote of an MLA is the highest at 208. Accordingly, the total value of votes of the Uttar Pradesh assembly is 83,824 -- highest among all the states and UTs.