RamnathKovind elected new President of the country - Latest Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

Question- Consider the following facts related to the President of India:
(I) All doubts and disputes arising out of the Presidential election will beinvestigatedand decided by the Election Commission.
(Ii) On the nomination papers of the presidential candidate, there must be at least 50 members of the electoral board and as signatories and at least 50 members as the proposers.
(Iii) The President’s electoral board consists of elected and nominated members of the LokSabha, RajyaSabha and State Legislative Assemblies.
(Iv) The president is elected by single transferable vote according to the proportional representation method.
Which of the above statements is / are correct?
(a) Only (ii) and (iv)
(b) Only (i) and (iv)
(c) Only (i),(ii) and (iii)
(d) Only (iv)
Ans: (a)
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On July 20, 2017, results of India’s 15th Presidential election were announced.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and former Bihar Governor Ramnath Kovind was elected as the 14th President of the country by getting 65.65 percent (702044) votes.
He defeated United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Meera Kumar, who got around 34.35 percent (367,314) votes.
On 25^th July, 2017RamnathKovindwas administered oath of office and secrecy by the Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice J.S. Khehar.
MrRamnath Kovind succeeded Pranab Mukherjee whose tenure ended on July 24, 2017.
Ramnath Kovind was born in Parounkh village of Kanpur Dehat district of Uttar Pradesh in the year 1945.
He practiced law in Delhi High Court and Supreme Court for 16 years.
He was a Rajya Sabha member from 1994-2006.
Apart from this, he was the President of the Bhartiya Janata Party’s Dalit Morcha from 1998 to 2002.
He was Governor of Bihar from August, 2015 to 20 June, 2017.
According to article 52 of Indian Constitution, there shall be a President of India.under Article 53 (1) The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with the Constitution. According to article 77 (1), All executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President.
Under Article 53 (2), the supreme command of the Defence Forces of the Union shall be vested in the President and the exercise thereof shall be regulated by law.
Thus, the head of state of the Republic of India is the President.
Notification of 15th Presidential election forthe election of India’s 14th President was released on June 14, 2017
Anup Mishra, general secretary of the Lok Sabha, was appointed the Returning Officer for this election by the Election Commission.
Polling for the election was held on July 17, 2017.
According to Article 55 (3) of the Constitution, The election of the President shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot .
Under Article 54, the electoral college for the President’s election is made up of …

Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament,
Elected members of the State Legislatures (including the Legislative Assemblies of National Capital Region of Delhi and Puducherry).

Nominated members of the Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies are not included in the electoral board of the Presidential Election.
By the 70th Constitution Amendment, 1992 members of the, two Union Territories NCR, Delhi and Puducherry, were inducted in the electoral college of the President.
Under article 324 of the Constitution, the superintendence, direction and control of the elections,for the posts of President and Vice Presidential candidatesis also vested in the Election Commission of India, along with the Parliament and each State Legislature.
On the nomination papers of the presidential candidate, there must be at least 50 members of the electoral board as signatories and at least 50 members as the proposers.
Under Article 58 (1), a person will be eligible to be elected president only when he is
(i) a citizen of India,
(ii) 35 years of age,
(iii) Eligible to be elected asmember of LokSabha.
Article 58 (2) It is prescribed that a person who holds a post of profit under the control of either the Government of India or any state government or under any local or other authority under any of the said governments, Will not be eligible to be elected as President.
However, for the purposes of Article 58, a person shall not be deemed to hold any office of profit for this reason only because he is the President of the Union or the Vice President or the Governor of any State orminister of the Union or any State.
According to article 71 (1) of the Constitution, all doubts and disputes arising out of the election of the President or Vice President will be investigated and decided by the Supreme Court and its decision will be final.
Among the former Presidents of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the only person who was elected twice in the year 1952 and 1957.
While N. Sanjeev Reddy wasthe only person to be elected unanimously (year 1977) for this post.

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