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The 2017 presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee , whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, [ 2 ] declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.
A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in ...
The election of the President of India is an indirect election in which electoral college consisting of the elected members of both houses of parliament (M.P.s), the elected members of the state legislative assemblies (Vidhan Sabhas) of all states and the elected members of the legislative assemblies (MLAs) of union territories with legislatures, i.e., National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi ...
The 2017 electoral college vote. The presidential election took place on 17 July 2017, with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee, whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age, so the INC nominated Meira Kumar as its candidate for president.
The elections for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi were held on 23 April 2017. The next elections will held in 2022. [2] [3] The results were declared on 26 April 2017 in which BJP was elected. [4] [3] The total turnout for the election was 54%. [5] [6] The major parties contesting the election are BJP, INC and AAP. [7]
Elections in Delhi, the National Capital Territory of India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Delhi creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections needs to be approved by the Parliament of India.
Between now and November 2017, there will be special elections for 19 more state legislature seats, four U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. Some Democratic candidates in U.S. House races are generating excitement, including the Bernie Sanders-backing banjo player Rob Quist in Montana and 30-year-old documentary filmmaker Jon Ossoff in ...
28 August – Election commission declared by election result of four legislative seats of three states. AAP won Delhi's Bawana, BJP won Goa's Panji and Valpoi, TDP won Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh. [48] 29 August – Nagpur–Mumbai Duronto Express derailed near Asangoan in the outskirts of Mumbai; No casualties reported.