Materials for Presidential Election 2022 reaches Assam

July 13: Materials for Presidential Election 2022 reached Assam on Wednesday. CEO, Assam Nitin Khade and ARO Dulal Pegu received the materials collected from the Election Commission of India, by Additional CEO, Pradeep Doley and ARO Rajib Bhattacharya.

The BJP-led NDA announcedthe name of Droupadi Murmu as their choice of candidate for the next President of India while the Opposition named Yashwant Sinha as the front runner for the post. On July 18, elected MLAs and MPs across the country will vote to elect India’s 16th President. President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure ends on July 25.

All elected MPs, in Parliament, will be given ballot papers (green coloured for MPs and pink coloured for MLAs) to cast their vote. They will also be given special pens, which are the only instrument they can use to record their votes.

The total number of votes that a Presidential candidate garners is calculated by adding up the value of all the ballots in which a particular candidate receives a first preference.