Editing President of India (section)

== Selection process ==

=== Eligibility ===
[[s:Constitution of India/Part V#Article 58 %7BQualifications for election as President%7D|Article 58]] of the [[Constitution of India|constitution]] sets the principal qualifications one must meet to be eligible to the office of the president. A president must be:
* a [[Indian nationality law|citizen of India]]
* of 35 years of age or above
* qualified to become a member of the [[Lok Sabha]]

A person shall not be eligible for election as president if they hold any [[office of profit]] under the Government of India or the Government of any State or any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments.

Certain office-holders, however, are permitted to stand as presidential candidates. These are:
* The current [[Vice President of India|vice president]]
* The governor of any state
* A Minister of the Union or of any state (including [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]] and [[Chief Minister (India)|chief ministers]])<ref name=Kumar />{{rp|72}}

In the event that the vice president, a state governor or a minister is elected president, they are considered to have vacated their previous office on the date they begin serving as president.

A member of parliament or a state legislature can seek election to the office of the president but if they are elected as president, they shall be deemed to have vacated their seat in parliament or a state legislature on the date on which they enter upon their office as president '''[Article 59(1)]'''.

'''Article 57''' provides that a person who holds, or who has held, office as president shall, subject to the other provisions of this constitution, be eligible for re-election to that office.

Under the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952,<ref name="The Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952">{{cite web|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/presandvicepreselection/Presidential%20and%20Vice-Presidential%20Elections%20Act,%201952.pdf|title=The Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952|publisher=lawmin.nic.in|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114639/http://lawmin.nic.in/presandvicepreselection/Presidential%20and%20Vice-Presidential%20Elections%20Act,%201952.pdf|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref> a candidate to be nominated for the office of president needs 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders for their name to appear on the [[ballot]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/president.htm|title=The President and Vice-President Election rules, 1974|publisher=Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102004513/http://lawmin.nic.in/ld/subord/president.htm|archive-date=2 November 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=31 May 2012}}</ref>