Indian presidential election, 2022 will be held before 25 July 2022, the
day when incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind's
term ends. Mukherjee is eligible for re-election as no term limit exists
in India.
Selection process
Further
information: President of India § Selection process
The president is elected by an electoral college consisting of the
elected members of both houses of parliament, the elected members of the Vidhan Sabhas
and the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories
of Delhi and Puducherry.
The nomination of a candidate for election to the office of the
President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50
electors as seconders. The election is held in accordance with the system
of proportional representation by means
of the Single transferable vote method. The
voting takes place by secret ballot. The manner of election of
President is provided by Article 55 of the Constitution.
Potential candidates
The following individuals have been mentioned by some media
sources as potential candidates.
·
Speaker of the Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan
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