With respect to Presidential election in India, consider the following statements:

The Presidential candidate needs to file the nomination along with a signed list of 50 proposers and 20 seconders.

The fixed value of each vote by an MP of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha is 708.

The value of one MLAs vote in Maharashtra is highest and in Arunachal Pradesh is lowest.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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The Indian President is elected through an electoral college of all the elected members of the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs), elected Members of the Legislative Assemblies of States and Union Territories (MLAs). The President’s election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting is by secret ballot.
The Presidential candidate needs to file the nomination along with a signed list of 50 proposers and 50 seconders. These proposers and seconders can be anyone from the total members of the electoral college from the State and national level.
A vote cast by each MP or MLA is not calculated as one vote. The fixed value of each vote by an MP of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha is 708.
Meanwhile, the vote value of each MLA differs from State to State, Uttar Pradesh has the highest vote value for each of its MLAs, at 208. The value of one MLAs vote in Maharashtra is 175, while that in Arunachal Pradesh is just 8.
To win, the candidate must secure 50% of the total votes cast + 1.

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The Indian President is elected through an electoral college of all the elected members of the Upper and Lower Houses of Parliament (Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha MPs), elected Members of the Legislative Assemblies of States and Union Territories (MLAs). The President’s election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting is by secret ballot.
The Presidential candidate needs to file the nomination along with a signed list of 50 proposers and 50 seconders. These proposers and seconders can be anyone from the total members of the electoral college from the State and national level.
A vote cast by each MP or MLA is not calculated as one vote. The fixed value of each vote by an MP of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha is 708.
Meanwhile, the vote value of each MLA differs from State to State, Uttar Pradesh has the highest vote value for each of its MLAs, at 208. The value of one MLAs vote in Maharashtra is 175, while that in Arunachal Pradesh is just 8.
To win, the candidate must secure 50% of the total votes cast + 1.

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