|
Sl No |
Name S/Shri |
Earlier worked as Vice Present? |
Term of Office |
No. of Times elected as
President |
Reasons |
|
1 |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963) |
|
26 January 1950 to 13 May 1962 |
2 |
|
|
2 |
Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
(1888-1975) |
Vice President |
13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967 |
1 |
|
|
3 |
Dr. Zakir Husain (1897-1969) |
|
13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969(Died) |
1 |
|
|
|
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894–1980) |
Vice President |
3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969 (Acting) |
|
Shri Giri was appointed as acting president
following the death of Hussain.He resigned in a few months to take part in
the presidential elections. |
|
|
Muhammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992) |
|
20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969 (Acting) |
|
|
|
|
Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri
(1894-1980) |
|
3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969 and 24 August
1969 to 24 August 1974 |
2 Full Terms |
|
|
5 |
Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977) |
|
24 August 1974 To 11 February 1977 (Died) |
1 |
|
|
|
Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912–2002) |
Vice President |
11 February to 1977 25 July 1977 |
|
Acting President |
|
6 |
SHRI NEELAM SANJIVA REDDY (1913-1996) |
- |
25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982 (Acting) |
1 |
|
|
7 |
Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) |
|
25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987 |
1 |
|
|
8 |
Shri R Venkataraman (1910-2009) |
Vice President |
25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992 |
1 |
|
|
9 |
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999) |
Vice President |
25 July 1992 to 25 July 1997 |
1 |
|
|
10 |
Shri K. R. Narayanan (1920-2005) |
Vice President |
25 July 1997 to 25 July 2002 |
1 |
|
|
11 |
DR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (b - 1931) |
- |
25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007 |
1 |
|
|
12 13 14 15 |
Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil Shri Pranab Mukherjee Shri Ram Nath Kovind Smt.Droupadi Murmu |
- |
25 July 2007 to 25.12.2012 25.12.2017 to 25.7.2022 25.7.2022 to till date |
|
|
In which Articles President of India election etc. are
mentioned?
è Articles 52 onwards
What are the Qualifications to become President of India ?:
1)Must be a citizen of India
2)Completed 35 years of age
3)Eligible to be a member of Lok Sabha
3) Must not hold any government post.
Exceptions are:
President and
Vice-President
Governor of any
state
Minister of
Union State
Election:
Indirectly elected through ‘Electoral
College’ consisting of Elected members of both the Houses of Parliament &
Elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. (No nominated
members)
Security Deposit: (To file
nomination papers)
Security deposit of Rs 15,000/-
Procedure for the
Election of the President
The Constitution provides for the election of the President by the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
The Constitution also provides for weighting of votes in the election of the President based on two fundamental principles.
First, to secure as far as possible, uniformity in the scale of representation
of different States of the Union, which emphasises the similarity in the status
of the States of the Union. And secondly, to secure parity between the States
as a whole and the Union in order to work up the idea of federal compact. For
the purpose of securing such uniformity and parity the following method is laid
down. this method makes the Presidential election complicated.
In order to secure uniformity in the scale of representation of the different States it is provided that every elected member of the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) of a State has to cast as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of elected members of the Assembly, and if, after taking the said multiples of one thousand, the remainder is not less than five hundred, the votes of each member referred to above are further increased by one.
To put it in simpler words, each
member of the electoral college who is a member of a State Legislative Assembly
will have a number of votes calculated as follows:
Total
Population of the State
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Divided by 1000
Total
number of elected members in the Legislative Assembly.
Fractions exceeding one half being
counted as one.
Each elected member of either House
of Parliament shall have such number of votes as may be obtained by dividing
the total number of votes assigned to the members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States under sub-clauses (a) and (b) by the total
number of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament, fractions exceeding
one-half being counted as one and other fractions being disregarded.
Total number of votes assigned to the elected members of the State
Assemblies
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total
number of elected members of both Houses of the Parliament
Fractions exceeding one-half being
counted as one.
For the Presidential election, the
population of a State is taken to be the population at the last preceding
census.
Proportional Representation:
Article 55(3) of Indian Constitution
requires that the President should be elected in accordance with the system of
proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
In case of dispute in which court,
papers are to be filed?
Supreme court inquires all disputes
regarding President’s Election.
Who will administer oath of Office?
Takes OATH in presence of Chief Justice
of India, or in his absence, senior-most Judge of Supreme Court
Terms and Emoluments:
5 year term
What
is the maximum age limit ?
Article 57 says that there is no upper
limit on the number of times a person can become President
In
case President wants to resign, the letter should be addressed to whom ?
Can give resignation to Vice-President
before full-term
What is salary of President of India ?
Present Salary- Rs. 1,50,000/month
(including allowances & emoluments)
What is the procedure to remove President of India ? & On which
ground ?
Impeachment : Quasi-judicial procedure
Can be impeached only on the ground of
violation of constitution
The impeachment procedure can be
initiated in either House of the Parliament
Vacancy:
In case of office falls vacant due to
death, resignation or removal, the Vice-President act as President. It he is
not available then Chief Justice, it not then senior-most Judge of the Supreme
court shall act as the President of India
Within how many months elections are to
be conducted for President of India Office?
The election is to be held within 6
months of the vacancy
What are the powers of President of
India ?
Powers Appoints
PM, Ministers, Chief Justice & judge of Supreme Court & High Court,
Chairman & members of UPSC, Comptroller and Auditor General, Attorney
General, Chief Election Commissioner and other members of Election Commission
of India, Governors, Members of Finance Commission, Ambassadors, etc
Can summon & prorogue the sessions
of the 2 houses & can dissolve Lok Sabha
Appoints Finance Commission (after every
5 years) that recommends distribution of taxes between Union & State
governments
How many types of Emergencies President
of India can promulgate ?
The President can promulgate 3 types of
Emergencies:-
National Emergency (Article 352)
State Emergency (President’s Rule)
(Article 356)
Financial Emergency (Article 360)
Who is called as Supreme Commander of
three armed forces?
He is the Supreme Commander of the
Defence Forces of India
President appoints Chief of Army, Navy
and Air force
Declares wars & concludes peace
subject to the approval of the Parliament
What are the powers of President of India on money bills/budget ?
No money bill or demand for grant can be
introduced or moved in Parliament unless it has been recommended by the
President
Who can pardon criminals?
President of India has the power to grant pardon,
reprieve or remit of punishment or commute death sentences
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