Which of the following statements regarding the President of India is/

Which of the following statements regarding the President of India is/are correct?

1. The President of India is elected by an electoral college in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
2. The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry take part in the election of the President of India.

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Both statements regarding the President of India are correct.

The President of India is the head of state and is elected indirectly by an electoral college. The process is governed by Articles 54 and 55 of the Constitution.

Statement 1 is correct as per Article 55(3), which specifies that the election of the President shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot. Statement 2 is correct; originally, the electoral college for the President included elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. The 70th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, extended this to include the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry, recognizing their representative character.

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