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What is the meaning of indirect election?
An election with electoral delegates is an election in which voters do not choose between candidates for an office, but elect people who then choose.
What is the indirect election of the president?
The Electoral College is a method of indirect popular election of the President of the United States. Instead of voting for a specific candidate, voters in an indirect popular election select a panel of individuals pledged to vote for a specific candidate.
Is the presidential election direct or indirect?
The election of the president on and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College.
Who is elected by direct elections in India?
The Union Legislature (Parliament) has two houses – the Lok Sabha (the lower house, elected by the people of India from individual, simple majority constituencies) and the Rajya Sabha (the upper house, elected by the State Legislatures who in turn are directly elected by the people on the same lines as the Lok Sabha).
What is the reason for indirect election?
The framers believed that having state legislatures elect senators would strengthen the states’ ties to the national government and increase the chances for ratification of the Constitution.
What are the different methods of election?
Contents
- Election Commission.
- Types of Elections. 2.1 Parliamentary General Elections (Lok Sabha) 2.1.1 History of Lok Sabha Elections. 2.2 State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections. 2.3 By-election. 2.4 Rajya Sabha (Upper House) Elections.
- Electoral procedures.
Who is directly elected in India?
What is proposer and seconder?
An elector can propose or second the name of only one candidate at a Presidential election. If he subscribes as proposer or seconder, the nomination papers of more than one candidate, his signature shall be deemed operative only on the nomination paper first delivered to the Returning Officer. [