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Revision note: The President: Election, Impeachment and Constitutional Position

  • Art 52 President; Art 53 executive power; nominal head – Art 74 advice binding (42nd), reconsider once (44th)
  • Electoral college: elected MPs + elected MLAs of states + Delhi, Puducherry (70th Amdt); no MLCs, no nominated members
  • Proportional representation by STV, secret ballot; vote value based on 1971 Census
  • Qualifications: citizen, 35 years, eligible for Lok Sabha; 50 proposers + 50 seconders
  • Oath by CJI; term 5 years, re-eligible; resignation to VP; vacancy filled within 6 months
  • Impeachment Art 61: violation of Constitution; 1/4 signatures, 14 days' notice, 2/3 total membership in each House
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