Presidential Elections to take place on July 17; counting of votes on July 20

New Delhi:  As the tenure of current President Pranab Mukherjee comes to an end on July 24, the Election Commission of India on Wednesday released the dates of the forthcoming Presidential Elections via a press briefing in the national capital.

• As per the Election Commission, voting for the Presidential Elections would be conducted on July 17,Monday in the national capital
• The counting of the votes casted for the presidential elections would take place on July 20, Thursday
• As per Election Commission, the notification shall be issued on June 14
• The last date of filing nomination for the upcoming Presidential Elections would be June 28, Wednesday
• The timings to cast votes on the polling day would be between 10am to 5pm

Several guidelines issued by Election Commission:

• Political parties cannot issue any whip to their party members in regards to voting for Presidential elections
• Paper ballot shall be used to conduct the elections
• Election Commission also specified that the Presidential election would be conducted via secret ballot and no voter can reveal his vote under any circumstances