Counting of Votes To Elect 15th President of India Begins Today

New Delhi: India is all set to get its 15th President as the counting of votes for the Presidential election started at 11 AM on Thursday at the Parliament House in Delhi.

The tenure of incumbent President Ramnath Kovind is ending on July 24 and his successor will take oath on July 25.

Those who contested for the top constitutional post in the country are - ruling BJP-led NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu and Opposition's Yashwant Sinha.

The ballot boxes have reached Delhi from different states of the country and the counting of these ballot boxes has also started. Notably, more than 99 percent have voted for the election. However, there were also reports of cross-voting during the voting.

To calculate the value of the MLA's vote, the total number of MLAs is divided into the total population of that state, and 1000 will be given in that number.

The majority figure for the victory of any candidate in the presidential election is 5,43,216. NDA is claiming to have a total of 5,33,751 votes. At the same time, there are 3,60,362 votes in the opposition's account.

In such a way, it is expected that Murmu can win this election. Apart from BJD from Odisha, Akali Dal from Punjab, Mayawati's BSP, TDP, and YSRCP have also got supported them.

Many MLAs of Shiv Sena are also in their favor while NCP MLAs have also voted in favor of Draupadi.

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