Let's understand how President is elected in India: A President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of elected members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, elected members of ...

The voting is open. The Rajya Sabha election fell halfway between the two kinds of votes. It elected MPs but the electoral college was not based on universal franchise: only MLAs could vote.

According to the existing electoral ... the 16th Lok Sabha passed a bill to allow proxy voting rights to eligible overseas Indians. The bill, however, could not be brought to the Rajya Sabha.