Prez Polls: 100% Polling in 11 States; 99% Turnout as Voting to Elect India’s fifteenth President Ends

Prez Polls: 100% Polling in 11 States; 99% Turnout as Voting to Elect India’s fifteenth President Ends [ad_1]

Going by the stand taken by numerous events, NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is ready to win towards joint opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha. (Picture: /File)

The counting of votes for the presidential election will happen on July 21 whereas the brand new president will take oath on July 25

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Voting for the presidential election – a contest between BJP-led NDA’s Droupadi Murmu and opposition’s Yashwant Sinha – ended on Monday. A complete turnout of 98.9 per cent was recorded within the parliament home, stated returning officer PC Mody.

Going by the stand taken by numerous events, Murmu seems to be set to turn out to be the fifteenth president of India, making her the primary tribal and the youngest ever at 64 years to carry the nation’s prime publish.

The counting of votes will happen on July 21 whereas the brand new president will take oath on July 25, as per the schedule introduced by the Election Fee.

Right here’s all you'll want to know in regards to the election that started at 10 am and concluded at 5 pm:

1. The Election Fee of India stated polling was held peacefully throughout states and union territories. Out of a complete of 4,796 electors within the record of electoral school, over 99 per cent solid their vote whereas 100 per cent voting by MLAs was reported from Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu, the ECI added.

After the voting, returning officer PC Mody stated out of 736 electors (comprising 727 MPs and 9 MLAs) permitted by the Election Fee to vote on the parliament home, 728 (719 MPs and 9 MLAs) solid their vote.

The returning officer had earlier stated six MPs didn't solid their vote, however the determine was later revised to eight after recompilation of knowledge. Those that selected to abstain embody two MPs every from the BJP and Shiv Sena, and one every from the Congress, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Occasion, Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Occasion and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, house minister Amit Shah in addition to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have been amongst those that solid their vote on the parliament home. Voting for the presidential ballot additionally befell in state assemblies.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman solid her vote carrying a full PPE equipment as she is down with Covid-19 after her return from Bali, Indonesia, the place she attended the G20 Finance Ministers’ assembly. Official sources stated she contracted Covid-19 throughout her go to and is taking precautions to not infect others. Like her, energy minister RK Singh additionally solid his vote in PPE equipment as he, too, is affected by the viral an infection.

Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali didn't solid his vote and introduced his “boycott” of the polls over “unresolved” points associated to Punjab. He blamed the BJP-led Centre in addition to the earlier Congress-led authorities within the state for “failing to resolve” stated points. Ayali went towards his personal social gathering, which had introduced its assist to Droupadi Murmu, and stated in a video message that he was boycotting the ballot at his personal stage. He additionally stated the social gathering management didn't seek the advice of him earlier than deciding to assist Murmu.

Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from neighbouring Haryana, who cross-voted in final month’s Rajya Sabha elections, as soon as once more stated he had voted as per his “conscience”. Indicating he had supported NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu, Bishnoi stated, “Like Rajya Sabha, I've solid my vote on this election too as per my conscience.”

Murmu seems to be set for a straightforward victory – she wants over 50 per cent votes — as a number of non-NDA events, too, have pledged assist to her, primarily for her tribal identification. If elected, she would be the fifteenth President of India, and the primary tribal particular person to carry the publish. Even the Congress’s accomplice Jharkhand Mukti Morcha selected to go together with Murmu, a former governor of the state. Uddhav Thackeray’s stunted Shiv Sena can be along with her as these states have important tribal populations. In Andhra Pradesh, for example, all sides are with Murmu.

If Murmu wins, she won't simply be the primary tribal particular person to carry the highest publish but in addition be simply the second lady total; the primary President born in Impartial India; and the youngest ever at 64. The present President, Ram Nath Kovind – whose stint ends July 24 — was simply the second Dalit particular person to carry the publish.

Yashwant Sinha, a former bureaucrat who remained a minister in BJP regimes earlier than a breakup some years in the past, is backed by the Congress and the Left, moreover others in a gaggle put collectively, largely, by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. He was chosen after three others – NCP chief Sharad Pawar, former J&Ok CM Farooq Abdullah and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi – declined the provide.

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