Math of Presidential election - India

With Presidential election around the corner and reading so much of news about the election sparked my curiosity of the actual math behind the election process. I have done a basic research and collated information from few articles to help you understand the process.

Back ground:

The next presidential election will be held in India before 25 July 2017, the day when the incumbent President’s term expires.

The election to the President of India is an indirect election. The people do not elect the President directly. He is elected by MPs & MLAs who are in turn elected by people. The election process is based on the concept of Electoral College and the value of vote of MPs & MLAs is different.

Eligibility Criteria :

The following are the mandatory requirements for anyone to contest the election for the President of India.

Must be a citizen of India and have completed 35 years of age

Must be eligible to be a member of the Lok Sabha and not hold any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local government.(Exceptions are the offices of President and Vice-President, Governor of any State and Ministers of Union or State)

Apart from the above conditions, the nomination paper of a candidate has to be signed by at least fifty eligible voters (MPs & MLAs) as proposers and at least fifty eligible voters as…