The document discusses the eligibility requirements and election process for the President of India. It states that to be eligible, one must be a citizen of India over 35 years old, eligible for the Lok Sabha, and not hold any other government office. The nomination requires signatures from 50 MPs/MLAs to propose and 50 to second. The value of an MP's vote is calculated differently from an MLA's based on their state's population. The document concludes with a table showing the breakdown of MP and MLA votes by state between the major political parties in India.

1. THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA

2. BY
DR.M.SUGIRTHA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY
CHIDAMBARAM-608002, TAMILNADU
INDIA

5. Eligibility to be the President of India
 Must be a citizen of India
 Must have completed 35 years of age
 Must be eligible to be a member of the Lok Sabha.
 Must not hold any office of profit under the
Government of India or the Government of any State or
under any local government (Exceptions are the offices
of President and Vice-President, Governor of any State
and Ministers of Union or State)

6.  The nomination paper of a candidate has to
be signed by at least fifty(50) eligible
voters as proposers and at least fifty(50)
eligible voters as seconders. Here the
voters are the MPs & MLAs and not citizens.
A voter cannot propose or second more
than one candidate.

7. The Process for calculating the Value of
MLA vote

8. The Process for calculating the Value of MP
vote

10. State/Union Terrirory Electors NDA UPA Others
Members of Parliament 748 413 112 223
Andhra Pradesh 174 107 0 67
Arunachal Pradesh 60 49 1 10
Assam 126 86 39 1
Bihar 243 58 178 7
Chhattisgarh 90 49 39 2
Delhi 70 4 0 66
Goa 39 23 16 0
Gujarat 182 123 59 0
Haryana 90 48 17 25
Himachal Pradesh 68 28 36 4
Jammu and Kashmir 87 55 27 5
Jharkhand 81 48 6 27
Karnataka 225 46 121 58
Kerala 140 1 41 98
Madhya Pradesh 231 165 56 10
Maharashtra 288 188 93 7
Manipur 60 37 22 1
Meghalaya 59 14 39 6
Mizoram 40 5 34 1
Nagaland 60 50 2 08
Odisha 147 10 16 121
Punjab 117 18 77 22
Puducherry 30 8 17 5
Rajasthan 200 161 24 15
Sikkim 32 21 11 0
Tamil Nadu 234 0 98 134
Telangana 119 8 13 98
Tripura 60 0 3 57
Uttar Pradesh 403 325 56 22[11]
Uttarakhand 70 57 11 2[12]
West Bengal 294 6 39 249
Total (Assembly) 4852 2204 1288 1360