a) A candidate securing the majority of votes is not automatically elected
b) The supreme court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the President
c) The Presidential election cannot take place when one or more State Assemblies stand dissolved because all the State Assemblies form part of the Electoral College
d) The total value of the votes allotted to both Houses of Parliament is much more than the total value of the votes of all the states taken together
b) The supreme court has no jurisdiction in any doubt or dispute arising in connection with the election of the President
c) The Presidential election cannot take place when one or more State Assemblies stand dissolved because all the State Assemblies form part of the Electoral College
d) The total value of the votes allotted to both Houses of Parliament is much more than the total value of the votes of all the states taken together
Ans-a
Explanation – President election is by proportional representation by single transferrable voting system. This ensures that successful candidate gets returned by absolute majority of the vote. A fixed quota has to be scored in election by the candidate. It is called electoral quota. It is obtained by dividing the total number of valid votes polled by the number of candidates to be elected plus one and adding one to the quotient. Page 17.4 of Laxmikanth describes this procedure in detail
SC entertains the dispute in the election of the president.
Constitution ensures that uniformity in the scale of representation is shown in the election of different states and union.
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