Article 54 of the Constitution of India

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Article 54 of the Constitution of India lays down the provisions for the election of the President of India, including the composition of the electoral college responsible for choosing the President.

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Article 54 of the Constitution of India canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
appliesToOffice President of India ⓘ
bindingOn States of India ⓘ
Union of India ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 26 January 1950 ⓘ
category provision on election and representation ⓘ
chapterSubject The Executive ⓘ
constitutionalLevel federal ⓘ
country India ⓘ
defines electoral college for the election of the President of India ⓘ
electoralCollegeIncludes elected members of both Houses of Parliament ⓘ
elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States ⓘ
elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Union territories of Delhi and Puducherry ⓘ
ensures participation of both Union and State representatives in the presidential election ⓘ
excludes members of State Legislative Councils from the electoral college ⓘ
nominated members of State Legislative Assemblies from the electoral college ⓘ
nominated members of either House of Parliament from the electoral college ⓘ
governs procedure for election of the President of India ⓘ
hasBeenAmendedBy Eighty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Eighty-seventh Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Fifty-second Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Seventy-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Seventy-second Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
Seventy-third Amendment to the Constitution of India ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of India ⓘ
linked to: Union of India
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
linkedProvision Article 55 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 56 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 58 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Article 71 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
locatedInChapter Chapter I of Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
locatedInPart Part V of the Constitution of India ⓘ
methodOfElection proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (read with Article 55) ⓘ
partOf Constitution of India ⓘ
provides that the President of India shall be elected by an electoral college ⓘ
purpose to ensure a broad-based electoral mandate for the President of India ⓘ
relatesTo Union executive ⓘ
office of the President of India ⓘ
linked to: President of India
requires indirect election of the President of India ⓘ
specifies composition of the electoral college for the presidential election ⓘ
subject election of the President of India ⓘ
votingType secret ballot (by convention and law) ⓘ

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Article 52 of the Constitution of India → relatedArticle → Article 54 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
Electoral College of India → constitutionalBasis → Article 54 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
President of India → constitutionalArticle → Article 54 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
subject linked to: The President