Presidential election: Despatches from the Parliament and Assemblies

The election was conducted at 32 polling stations, including in Parliament and the State Assemblies.

Updated - December 04, 2021 11:57 pm IST

Published - July 18, 2017 04:15 pm IST

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah casts his vote in the Presidential poll at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on July 17.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah casts his vote in the Presidential poll at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on July 17.

The presidential election on July 17, 2017 recorded probably the highest ever turnout of over 99%, with at least 10 States and a Union Territory recording 100% voting. The election was conducted at 32 polling stations, including in Parliament and the State Assemblies.

Three Members of Parliament — Tapas Paul, Anbumani Ramadoss and Rama Chandra Hansdah — did not vote. DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and Sikkim MLA Sher Bahadur Subedi could not vote for health reasons.

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Chhedi Paswan, BJP MP from Sasaram in Bihar, could not vote as his election was quashed by the Patna High Court in 2016. Even though the order has been stayed by the Supreme Court, he does not have voting rights.

As two seats are vacant both in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and one MP did not have the right to vote, a total of 771 MPs were eligible for participating in the election process. In all, 714 of them cast their votes in Parliament, while 42 MPs voted in the West Bengal Assembly.

Awaiting their turn:  Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members wait in queue to vote in the presidential election in Parliament House on Monday.

Awaiting their turn: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members wait in queue to vote in the presidential election in Parliament House on Monday.

 

All ballot boxes will reach the national capital and the counting of votes is scheduled to start at 11 a.m. on July 20, 2017.

 

In terms of the value of the votes, the Sikkim Assembly has the lowest of seven and Uttar Pradesh the highest of 208. The total value of the votes of the Electoral College, which comprises 776 MPs and 4,120 MLAs, is 10,98,903.

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