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ABOUT THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA



The President of India --- 

                                          There shall be a President of India.
Executive power of the Union ---(1) The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officer subordinate to him in accordance with this Constitution.
(2). Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, 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.
(3). Nothing in this article shall--
(a). be deemed to transfer to the President any functions conferred by any existing law on the Government of any State or other authority; or
(b). prevent Parliament from conferring by law functions on authorities other than the President.

Election of President. --- 

                                         The President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of ----
(a). the elected members of both Houses of Parliament ;
(b). the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. 

Manner of election of President. --- 

(1). As far as practicable , there shall be uniformity in the scale of representation of the different State at the election in the President.
(2). For the purpose of securing such uniformity among the States inter se as well as parity between the States as a whole and the Union , the number of votes which each elected member of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly of each State is entitled to cast at such election shall be determined in the following manner :-
(a). every elected member of Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiple of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly.
(b). if , after taking the said multiples of one thousand, the remainder is not less than five hundred, then vote of each member referred to in sub - clause (a) shall be further increased by one ;
(c). each elected member of either House of Parliament shall have such number of votes assigned to the members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States under sub - clauses (a) and (b) by the the total number of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament , fractions being disregarded .
(3) 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 the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.

Qualification for election as President . -- 

(1). No person shall be eligible for election as President unless he --
(a). is a citizen of India,
(b). has completed the age of thirty - five years, and
(c). is qualified for election as a member of House of the people.
(2).  A person shall not be eligible for election of President if he holds any office or profit under the Government of India of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments.

Eligibility for re-election. ---

                                                     A person who holds , or who holds, or who has held , office as President shall , subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, be eligible for re - election to that office.
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