Who picks the president?

Who picks the president?

Instead, presidential elections use the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes. In the event no candidate receives a majority, the House of Representatives chooses the president and the Senate chooses the vice president.

Why can China not be called a democratic country?

China is not a democracy. It is an authoritarian state which has been characterized as totalitarian surveillance state, and a dictatorship. During a visit to Europe in 2014, Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping said that a multi-party system would not work for China.

What does one person one vote one value mean name the country who denied the equal right to vote?

‘One person, one vote, one value’ means every person should get the right to vote and every vote must have one value. (i) In Saudi Arabia women do not have the right to vote. (ii) Estonia has made its citizenship rules in such a way that people belonging to Russian minority find it difficult to get the right to vote.

What happens if there is no voter turnout of 6\%?

From an electoral constituency, if less than 6\% of people vote from the constituency, election will be declared cancelled for that constituency and a by-election shall take place as per further directions from EC. If no one votes in the whole country, elections will be rescheduled such that parties get enough time to campaign.

What happens if there are two or more candidates contesting one seat?

If two or more candidates contesting any seat happen to secure the highest number of votes and their votes are equal in number, the result will have to be decided by lottery.

How many votes are required to be elected in Maharashtra Assembly?

As total number of elected legislators in Maharashtra Assembly is 288 , minimum first preference votes required to win (also known as quota) is 288/ (6+1) +1 = 41+1 = 42 Now if in the first round of counting if two candidates win 43 votes each, both will be declared elected as both of them have more votes than quota.

Can the total number of votes received by two candidates be same?

It is unlikely that after second and third preference votes too the total value of votes received by 2 candidates will be same.