1 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 NO.ECI/PN/48 /2017 Date:7 th June, 2017 PRESS NOTE Sub: Election to the Office of President of India, 2017 (15 th Presidential Election). The term of office of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, is ending on 24 th July, 2017. As per Article 62 of the Constitution, an election to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of the outgoing President is required to be completed before the expiration of the term. The law provides that the notification for election shall be issued on or after the sixtieth day before the expiry of term of office of the outgoing President. 2. Article 324 of the Constitution read with the Presidential and Vice – Presidential Elections Act, 1952, and the Presidential and Vice – Presidential Elections Rules, 1974 vests the superintendence, direction and control of the conduct of election to the office of the President of India in the Election Commission of India. The Election Commission is mandated to ensure that the election to the office of the President of India, which is the highest elective office in the nation, must be a free and fair election and the Commission is taking all necessary steps for discharging its constitutional responsibility. 3. The President is elected by the members of the Electoral College consisting of: (I) elected members of both Houses of Parliament, and (II) elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001
NO.ECI/PN/48 /2017 Date:7th June, 2017
PRESS NOTE
Sub: Election to the Office of President of India, 2017 (15th Presidential Election).
The term of office of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, is ending
on 24th July, 2017. As per Article 62 of the Constitution, an election to fill the
vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of the outgoing President is
required to be completed before the expiration of the term. The law provides
that the notification for election shall be issued on or after the sixtieth day before
the expiry of term of office of the outgoing President.
2. Article 324 of the Constitution read with the Presidential and Vice –
Presidential Elections Act, 1952, and the Presidential and Vice – Presidential
Elections Rules, 1974 vests the superintendence, direction and control of the
conduct of election to the office of the President of India in the Election
Commission of India. The Election Commission is mandated to ensure that the
election to the office of the President of India, which is the highest elective office
in the nation, must be a free and fair election and the Commission is taking all
necessary steps for discharging its constitutional responsibility.
3. The President is elected by the members of the Electoral College consisting
of:
(I) elected members of both Houses of Parliament, and
(II) elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of all States including
National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of
Puducherry.
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(The nominated members of either Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha or Legislative
Assemblies of the States are not eligible to be included in the Electoral College and
therefore, they are not entitled to participate in the election. Similarly, members of
the Legislative Councils are also not electors for the Presidential election).
4. Article 55 (3) of the Constitution provides that the election shall be held in
accordance with the System of Proportional Representation by means of single
transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot. In this
system, the elector has to mark preferences against the names of the candidates.
Preference can be marked in the international form of Indian numerals, in Roman
form, or in the form in any recognised Indian languages. Preference has to be
marked in figures only. The elector can mark as many preference as the number
of candidates. While the marking of the first preference is compulsory for the
ballot paper to be valid, other preferences are optional.
5. For marking the vote, the Commission will supply particular pens. This
pen will be given to the electors in the polling station by the designated official
when the ballot paper is handed over. Electors have to mark the ballot only
with this particular pen and not with any other pen. Voting by using any
other pen may lead to invalidation of the vote at the time of counting, under Rule
31(1) (d) of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974,
reproduced below:-
“ A ballot paper shall be invalid on which- ………………. (d) any mark is made by which the elector may afterwards be identified” .
6. The Election Commission, in consultation with the Central Government,
appoints the Secretary General of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, by rotation, as the
Returning Officer. Accordingly, the Secretary General, Lok Sabha will be
appointed as the Returning Officer for the present election. Poll for the election
will be taken in the Parliament House and in the premises of the State Legislative
Assemblies, including the Legislative Assemblies of NCT of Delhi and Puducherry.
The Commission has also decided to appoint Assistant Returning Officers in all
State Capitals, including NCT of Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry, for
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making arrangements for conducting the poll and for transportation of the ballot
boxes and other important documents to and from the Election Commission. For
meeting any eventuality in case the Assistant Returning Officer is not available
for any reason, a second Assistant Returning Officer is also being appointed. A
list of Assistant Returning Officers is at Appendix-I.
7. In pursuance of sub–section (1) of section (4) of the Presidential and Vice
Presidential Elections Act, 1952, the Election Commission of India has fixed the
schedule for the election to fill the office of the President of India as given in
Appendix II.
8. The nomination paper of a candidate must be delivered to the Returning
Officer at New Delhi in the place to be specified by him by a public notice that will
be issued by him (in Form-1 appended to the Presidential and Vice- Presidential
Elections, Rules, 1974), and at no other place. Under the law, nomination (in
prescribed Form 2) can be filed either by the candidate himself or by any of his
Proposers or Seconders between 11.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Nomination cannot be
filed on public holidays. A nomination paper of a candidate has to be subscribe d
by at least fifty electors as Proposers and by at least another fifty electors as
Seconders. An elector can subscribe to only one nomination paper of a
candidate as either a Proposer or a Seconder. If an elector subscribes more than
one nomination paper, his signature on the nomination papers other than the
one first delivered to the Returning Officer, will be invalid. A candidate can file
maximum of four nomination papers. The security deposit for the election is Rs.
15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only), which is required to be made along
with the nomination paper, or should be deposited in Reserve Bank of India or a
Govt. Treasury under the relevant Head of Accounts for the purpose prior to
filing of nomination.
9. The list of members of the Electoral College maintained by the Commission
for the Presidential Election, 2017, would be available for sale @ Rs. 300/- per
copy from the counter opened in the premises of Election Commission of India. A
copy of the Electoral College is also being uploaded on the Commission’s website.
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10. The polling, if required, shall take place in the polling stations as given in
the list at Appendix-III.
11. Each contesting candidate can authorize a representative to be present in
each place of polling (polling stations) and at the place fixed for counting
(counting hall). Authorization of representatives for this purpose shall be made
by the candidate in writing.
12. Normally, members of Parliament are expected to cast their votes at the
Place pf Poll in the Parliament House, New Delhi, and members of State
Legislative Assemblies are expected to vote at the respective State Capital.
However, on account of any exigency or special circumstances, the Members of
Parliament can vote in any of the polling stations in the State
capital/Delhi/Puducherry. Similarly, any MLA may vote at New Delhi instead of
voting in the respective State Capital. For this purpose, the MPs/MLAs
concerned have to apply in advance to the Election Commission in the prescribed
format so as to reach the Election Commission at least 10 days before the date of
poll. The format for making such application will be available with the Returning
Officer and with the Assistant Returning Officers.
13. The Constitution has expressly provided that election to the office of
President shall be by secret ballot. Therefore, the electors are expected to
scrupulously maintain secrecy of vote. There is no concept of open voting at
this election and showing the ballot to anyone under any circumstances in the
case of Presidential and Vice Presidential elections is totally prohibited. Voting
procedure laid down in the 1974 Rules provides that after marking the vote in
the Voting Compartment, the elector is required to fold the ballot paper and
insert it in the Ballot Box. Any violation of the voting procedure will entail
cancellation of the ballot paper by the Presiding Officer. As already mentioned in
paragraph 4, marking of vote can be done only with the particular pen supplied
to the electors in the polling station.
14. In this connection, it is also clarified that political parties cannot issue any
whip to their MPs and MLAs in the matter of voting in the Presidential election. It
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is also clarified that as per Section 18 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential
Elections Act, 1952, the offence of ‘bribery’ or ‘undue influence’ as defined in
Sections 171B and 171C of IPC, by the returned candidate or any person with
the consent of the returned candidate are among the grounds on which the
election can be declared void by the Hon’ble supreme Court in an Election
Petition.
15. The Chief Electoral Officers of each State including NCT of Delhi and UT of
Puducherry shall supervise and coordinate with the Assistant Returning Officers
for the conduct of poll at the respective State Capitals and matters such as
transport of the ballot boxes and other important documents from the Election
Commission to the respective State Capitals and back to New Delhi after the poll.
16. Counting of votes will be held in New Delhi under the supervision of the
Returning Officer. On completion of counting, Return of Election ( in Form 7
appended to the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974) will
be signed and issued by the Returning Officer declaring the candidate who
secures the quota elected. Formal announcement of election of the President will
be made by the Commission.
17. The Commission appoints senior Officers of the Government of India as its
Observers at the place(s) of polling to ensure proper conduct of poll.
18. The Commission has brought out a comprehensive booklet covering all
aspects of election to the office of the President and copies of the publication can
be obtained @ Rs. 25/- per copy from the Commission’s sale counter or from the
offices of the Chief Electoral Officers in different States and Union Territories.
(DHIRENDER OJHA) DIRECTOR
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Appendix-I
Assistant Returning Officers at Parliament
Shri Ravindra Garimella, Joint Secretary, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament House, New Delhi-110001.
Shri Vinay Kumar Mohan, Director, Lok Sabha Secretariat,
Parliament House, New Delhi-110001.
ASSISTANT RETURNING OFFICERS
Sl. No
State/Union Territory Officers appointed as Assistant Returning Officer
(1) (2) (3)
1. Andhra Pradesh 1. Shri K. Satyanarayana Rao, Secretary to State Legislature (in
charge), Public Gardens, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-500 004.
2. Shri P. Balakrishnamacharyulu, Deputy Secretary to State Legislature, Public Gardens, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-500 004.
सभवओ क निरवासचत सदस का (रव का सभव उर लोक सभव काव रव काो कद वरधवि सभवओ क िवलरत सदस का निरवाचक रडल र शवलरल ोोि क पति वर िोी ो उर इसललए र निरवाचि र भवग लि क ोकदवर िोी ो इसी परकवर, वरधवि पति ररषदो क सदस का भी रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि र निरवाचक िोी ो 4. सवरधवि क अिच छद 55(4 र काो परवरधवि ो। कक रवषट रपति नत कव निरवाचि आिपति वनतक परनतनिसध र पति ाधनत क अिसवर एकल सकररमीका रत ारवरव ोोगव उर ऐस निरवाचि र रतदवि गप त रतपति र ारवरव ोोगव इस परमवली र निरवाचक ारवरव अभ कासथाकाो क िवरो क सवरि असधरवि सचकनित करिव ोोतव ो। असधरवि भवरतीका अको क अन तरवाषट रीका स ररपपति र, रोरि स ररपपति र, काव रवन कातव परवप त ककसी भी भवरतीका भवषव क पपति र सचकनित करिव ोोतव ो। असधरवि को करल अको र सचकनित करिव ो। निरवाचक तति असधरवि सचकनित कर सकतव ो। कजतिी अ भ कासथाकाो कद स काव
ोोती ो। जकक रतपति र र।ध ोोि क ललए परथर असधरवि सचकनित करिव अनिरवकाा ो। ककन त अन का असधरवि र।ककलपति क ो 5. रोट सचकनित करि क ललए आकाोग वरशष पति ।िो कद आपति नत ा करगव का ो पति ।ि निरवाचक को रतदवि कन र र पति दिवलरत असधकवरी ारवरव त ददकाव जवतव ो। ज तस रतपति र स पति व जवतव ो। निरवाचको को रतपति र करल इस वरशष पति ।ि स सचकनित करिव ो। उर ि कक ककसी अन का पति ।ि स ककसी अन का पति ।ि कव परकाोग करि स रतगमिव क सरका, रवषट रपति तीका उर तपति -रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि निकार, 0974 जो िीच तधत ो।, क निकार 40(0 (श क अन तगात, रत अर।ध ोो जवएगव:- ‘‘ऐसव कोई रतपति र अर।ध ोोगव कजस पति र— ................................... (श कोई ऐसव सचनि िवकाव जवतव ो। कजसक ारवरव कोई निरवाचक वद र पति ोचविव जव सकतव ो। ’’ . निरवाचि आकाोग, कन रीका सरकवर क पति रवरशा स लोक सभव उर रव का सभव क रोवससचर को रोटशि आधवर पति र ररटनििग असधकवरी क पपति र निकात त करतव ो। तािसवर रोवससचर, लोक सभव रतारवि निरवाचि ोत ररटनििग असधकवरी क पपति र निकात त ोोग निरवाचि क ललए रतदवि ससद भरि तथव रवषट रीका रवजधविी कषर, ददल ली तथव पति डडचरी कद वरधवि सभवओ सदोत रव का वरधवि सभवओ क पति ररसरो र ोोगव आकाोग ि रतदवि क सचवलि तथव निरवाचि आकाोग स उर रोव तक रत-पति दटकाो तथव अन का रो रपति मा दस तवरजो क पति रररोि ोत व कारस थवए करि क ललए रवषट रीका रवजधविी कषर, ददल ली उर सश शवलसत कषर पति डचरी सदोत सभी रव काो कद रवजधवनिकाो र सोवकाक ररटनििग असधकवररकाो को निकात त करि कव निमाका ललकाव ो। कादद ककसी कवरमरश सोवकाक ररटनििग असधकवरी तपति लब ध िोी ोो पति वतव ो। तो ककसी सभवव का शटिव स निपति टि क ललए दसर सोवकाक ररटनििग असधकवरी कद भी निकाकतत कद जव रोी ो। सोवकाक ररटनििग असधकवररकाो कद सची पति रर िषट ट-I पति र ो। 7. रवषट रपति तीका उर तपति -रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि असधनिकार 0952 कद धवरव 4 कद तपति -धवरव-I क अिसरम र भवरत निरवाचि आकाोग ि भवरत क रवषट रपति नत क पति द को भरि क ललए निरवाचि ोत जो अिसची निधवाररत कद ो। रो पति रर िषट ट II पति र दी गई ो।
8. अभ काथका क िवर निददशशि क कवगजवत ररटनििग असधकवरी को िई ददल ली र तसक ारवरव जवरी सवराजवनिक िोदटस ारवरव वरनिददाषट ट, ि कक अन का स थवि पति र तस क ारवरव स रका अथरव ककसी परस तवरक काव अिरोदक ारवरव रवषट रपति तीका उर तपति -रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि निकार 0974 स सलग ि परपति र(0 र अनिरवकाा पपति स स पति ददए जवि चवदोए वरसध क अधीि िवरवकि (निधवाररत फवरा 2 र काव तो अभ काथका ारवरव काव तसक ककसी परस तवरक काव अिरोदक ारवरव परवत: 00.00 ज स अपति रवनि 4.00 ज तक दविजल कककाव जव सकतव ो। िवर निददशशि सवराजनिक अरकवश क ददि दविजल िोी कककाव जव सकतव अभ काथका क िवर-निददशशि पति पति र पति र परस तवरको क पपति र कर स कर 50 निरवाचको उर अिरोदको क पपति र 50 निरवाचको क ोस तवकषर ोोि चवदोए कोई निरवाचक ककसी अभ काथका क करल एक िवर-निददशशि पति पति र पति र ोी काव तो परस तवरक क पपति र अथरव अिरोदक क पपति र ोस तवकषर कर सकतव ो। कादद निरवाचक एक स असधक िवरवकि पति पति र पति र ोस तवकषर करतव ो। तो ररटनििग
असधकवरी को पति ोल स पति गका िवरवकि पति र क अनतररत त, अन का िवरवकि पति रो पति र तसक ोस तवकषर अर।ध ोो जवएग एक अभ काथका असधक स असधक चवर िवरवकि पति र दविजल कर सकतव ो। निरवाचि ोत जरव करवई जवि रवली परनतभनत रवलश 05,000/-पपति का(करल पति न रो ोजवर पपति का ो।, कजस िवर-निददशशि पति पति र क सवथ जरव करविव अपति कषकषत ो। काव तस भवरतीका ररजरा क काव सरकवरी कोष र िवरवकि दविजल करि स पति रा तस तादश का ोत सगत लजव शीषा क अधीि जरव करिव चवदोए
9. रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि, 2007 ोत आकाोग ारवरव रज-रजवर कद जव रोी निरवाचक रडल क सदस काो कद सची 400/-प. परनतललवपति कद दर स बकरद क ललए भवरत निरवाचि आकाोग क पति ररसर र जोल गए कवतटर पति र तपति लब ध ोोगी निरवाचक रडल कद एक परनत आकाोग कद रसवइट पति र भी अपति लोड कद जव रोी ो।
00. कादद आरश काक ोआ तो पति रर िषट ट-।।। पति र सची र ददए गए रतदवि कन रो र रतदवि ोोगव
00. निरवाचि लडि रवलव परकाक अभ काथका एक परनतनिसध को रतदवि करि क पर काक स थवि (रतदवि कन र पति र उर रतगमिव (रतगमिव ोॉल क ललए निकात स थवि पति र तपति कसथत रोि क ललए असधकत कर सकतव ो। अभ काथका ारवरव इस परकाोजि क ललए परनतनिसधकाो को ललिजत पपति र असधकत कककाव जवएगव
02. सवरवन कात:, ससद सदस काो स अपति कषव कद जवती ो। कक र ससद भरि िई ददल ली र रतदवि क स थवि पति र अपति िव रत डवल उर सभी स सधत रव का वरधवि सभवओ क सदस का स सधत रव का कद रवजधवनिकाो र रत डवल तथववपति , वरशष पति ररकसथनतकाो र काव ककसी त कवललक आरश काकतव ोोि पति र ससद सदस का, रव का कद रवजधविी/ददल ली/पति डचरी र ककसी भी रतदवि कन र पति र रतदवि कर सकत ो इसी परकवर, कोई वरधवि सभव सदस का स सधत रव का कद रवजधविी र रतदवि करि कद जवका िई ददल ली र रतदवि कर सकतव ो। इस तादश का स, सकनधत ससद सदस का/वरधवि सभव सदस काो को भवरत निरवाचि आकाोग को निधवाररत परपति र र असिर पपति स आरदि करिव ोोगव तवकक काो निरवाचि आकाोग र रतदवि कद तवरीज स कर स कर 00 ददि पति ोल पति ोच जवए ऐसव आरदि करि रवलव परपति र ररटनििग असधकवरी तथव सोवकाक ररटनििग असधकवररकाो क पति वस तपति लब ध ोोगव
04. सवरधवि र सव कात त पपति स तपति सधत ो। कक रवषट रपति नत पति द कव निरवाचि गप त रतपति र क ारवरव ोोगव अत:, निरवाचको स अपति कषव कद जवती ो कक र निषट ठवपति राक रत कद गोपति िीकातव को िवए रज इस निरवाचि र जल रतदवि कद कोई अरधवरमव िोी ो। उर रवषट रपति तीका तथव तपति -रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचिो क रवरल र ककसी भी पति ररकसथनत र ककसी को भी रतपति र ददजविव पति री तरो स निवषाध ो। 0974 क निकारो र निधवाररत रतदवि परककरकाव र तपति सधत ो। कक रोदटग कम पति वटारन ट र रतदवि करि क पति श चवत निरवाचक स अपति कषव कद जवती ो। कक र रतपति र को रोड उर इस रतपति टी र डवल द रतदवि परककरकाव क ककसी भी तल लशि स पति ीठवसीि असधकवरी ारवरव रतपति र को निरस त कर ददकाव
जवएगव ज।सव कक पति ।रविवफ 4 र पति ोल ोी तल लज कककाव गकाव ो।, रतदवि कन र र निरवाचको को ददए गए वरशष पति ।ि स ोी रत सचकनित कककाव जव सकतव ो।
04. इस स ध र, काो भी स पति षट ट कककाव जवतव ो। कक रवजिीनतक दल अपति ि ससद सदस काो तथव वरधवि सभव सदस काो को रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि र रतदवि क रवरल र कोई भी कव ोपति जवरी िोी कर सकत ो काो भी स पति षट ट कककाव जवतव ो। कक रवषट रपति तीका तथव तपति -रवषट रपति तीका निरवाचि असधनिकार, 1952 कद धवरव 08 क अिसवर, ज।सव कक भवरतीका दण ड सदोतव कद धवरव 070ज तथव 070ग र पति ररभववषत ो।, निरवासचत अभ काथका काव वरजकाी ोए अभ काथका कद सोरनत स ककसी भी व काकतत ारवरव ररश रत काव ‘अिसचत परभवर’ कव अपति रवध, ऐस आधवरो र स ो।, कजस पति र ककसी निरवाचि कावसचकव र रवििीका तच चतर न कावकावलका ारवरव निरवाचि को शन का शोवषत कककाव जव सकतव ो।
05. रवषट रीका रवजधविी कषर, ददल ली तथव सश रव का कषर पति डचरी सदोत पर काक रव का क र का निरवाचि असधकवरी, स सधत रव का कद रवजधवनिकाो र रतदवि क सचवलि तथव निरवाचि आकाोग स स कनधत रव का कद रवजधवनिकाो तक रतपति दटकाो उर अन का रो रपति मा दस तवरजो क पति रररोि उर रतदवि क तपति रवन त रववपति स िई ददल ली लवि ज।स रवरलो पति र सोवकाक ररटनििग असधकवररकाो क सवथ पति काारकषम तथव सरन रका स थववपति त करग