Voting in India underway to elect 15th president

Neighbouring India is set to elect the country’s 15th president. Voting for the presidential election in which NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu is pitted against joint Opposition pick Yashwant Sinha began on Monday.

Polling began at 10am and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote. The voting process would conclude at 5pm, reports the Hindu.

Nearly 4,800 elected MPs and MLAs are entitled to vote in the election, but nominated MPs and MLAs, and members of Legislative Councils are not.

Besides Room number 63 on the first floor of Parliament House, which has been converted into a polling station, voting is simultaneously taking place at various State Assemblies.

In the national capital, voting is also under way at the Delhi legislative Assembly. Counting of votes will be held on July 21.