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19 July 2017
Counting
of the ballots cast in the July 17 presidential election will be taken up here
on Thursday to decide the fate of two contenders -- the ruling NDA's candidate
Ram Nath Kovind, who has a clear edge, and the combined Opposition nominee
Meira Kumar.
Officials
said all preparations have been made for the vote count and that all ballot
boxes have already reached Parliament House by Tuesday evening amid tight
security.
They
said the counting will begin at 11 a.m. simultaneously across four tables.
There will be eight rounds of counting, and announcements made after every
round.
Polling
to choose the successor to President Pranab Mukherjee, who demits office on
July 24, was held simultaneously at 32 polling stations -- one in Parliament
House and one each in 29 state assemblies and two union territories with
assemblies. The Total Investment
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Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra is the Returning Officer for the election,
and will issue the certificate to the winning candidate. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Officials
said the seals of ballot boxes will be opened on Thursday in the presence of
representatives of the two candidates -- former Bihar Governor Kovind and
former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar -- and the observers of the Election
Commission. The Total Investment
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In
Monday's polling, several states registered 100 per cent polling. The overall
poll percentage was pegged at 99.41 per cent. A total of 776 members of
Parliament and 4,120 legislators were eligible to cast votes. The Total Investment & Insurance
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In the
electoral arithmetic, Kovind has a distinct advantage over his rival as parties
like the Janata Dal-United and the Biju Janata Dal, otherewise not allied with
the Bharatiya Janata Party, had decided to vote for him. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The
Janata Dal-United has about 1.91 per cent of electoral college votes, while the
BJD of Odisha has 2.99 per cent. The
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In
addition, the ruling Telengana Rashtra Samithi in Telangana (two per cent),
different factions of AIADMK (5.39 per cent), and the YSR Congress (1.53 per
cent) also had announced their backing for Kovind. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The
value of vote of an MP is 708 while that of an assembly member varies from
state to state depending on the size of its population. The Total Investment & Insurance
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The
total value of votes of the presidential electoral college is 10,98,903, and
the NDA candidate is slated to get over 63 per cent votes. The Total Investment & Insurance
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In the
last presidential election in 2012, Pranab Mukherjee had defeated P.A. Sangma
and got over 69 per cent votes. The
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