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Modi to Manmohan Singh, top leaders at Parliament House to vote for India’s next President

In the race are the National Democratic Alliance's pick Droupadi Murmu, and the opposition's consensus candidate Yashwant Sinha.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his predecessor Manmohan Singh and several other senior leaders from various political parties were in Parliament Monday to cast their votes to elect the country’s next President. In the race are the National Democratic Alliance’s pick Droupadi Murmu, and the Opposition’s consensus candidate Yashwant Sinha.

A polling booth was set up in the Parliament premises for the MPs to cast their votes. Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody is the returning officer for the election.

The President is elected by members of an Electoral College consisting of elected members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, and of the legislative assemblies of states (including the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry).

Nominated members of Parliament, state assemblies and members of Legislative Council are not eligible to vote. A total of 776 MPs and 4,033 MLAs will vote in the presidential election.

ThePrint’s National Photo Editor Praveen Jain provides glimpses of who all were at Parliament House Monday.

After casting vote leaves the Parliament House | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Political leaders leaving Parliament House after casting their vote for the country’s next President | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former PM Manmohan Singh reaches Parliament house to cast vote | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh reaches Parliament House to cast his vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
From top to bottom: union ministers V. Muraleedharan, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Pralhad Joshi outside the parliament | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Union ministers V. Muraleedharan, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Pralhad Joshi outside Parliament Monday | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
BJP leaders including Smriti Irani shows victory sign after casting vote | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
BJP leaders including Union Minister Smriti Irani show the victory sign after casting their votes | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Apna Dal MP Anurpiya Patel shows victory sign after casting vote | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Union Minister and Apna Dal MP Anupriya Patel flashes the victory sign after casting her vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur reach Praliament House to cast vote | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Ministers Piyush Goyal and Anurag Thakur reach Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
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AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha leave after casting their votes | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren looking at outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind photo in the gallery | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief Shibu Soren glances at a picture of outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind in Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
MP Jayant Sinha at Parliament House. Sinha's father Yashwant SInha is the Opposition candidate | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
BJP MP Jayant Sinha at Parliament House. His father Yashwant Sinha is the Opposition’s presidential candidate | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh at Parliament House | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh at Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Outgoing governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with Home Minister Amit Shah for filling nomination papers | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Former West Bengal governor and the NDA’s vice-presidential pick Jagdeep Dhankhar, accompanied by Home Minister Amit Shah, heads to file his nomination papers | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
from left to right: MoS Sanjeev Balyan and Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Minister of State Sanjeev Balyan and Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
MP Shatrughan Sinha casts vote | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint
Trinamool MP Shatrughan Sinha casts his vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint
PM Narendra Modi at the Parliament House | Photo: Praveeen Jain | ThePrint
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament House | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

With input from PTI 

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