India is set to elect its new president – the highest constitutional post in the country – on Monday, as the term of incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind will end on July 24. The results will be declared on Thursday.
A tribal lady Draupadi Murmu, with the support of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which also includes the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and senior politician Yashwant Sinha, the nominee of opposition parties are in the fray.
Unlike the prime minister, who is elected directly by the people as a member of parliament, the president in India is indirectly elected by an electoral college consisting of the 776 members of both houses of parliament, and 4,033 members of 28 provincial assemblies and centrally administered territories with legislatures.
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