Eleventh Constitutional Amendment Act 1961 – Indian Polity – Free PDF Download

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

• Under article 66(1) of the Constitution, the Vice-President has to be elected by members of both Houses of Parliament assembled at a joint meeting.
• The requirement that members of the two Houses should assemble at a joint sitting for the election of the Vice-President seems to be totally unnecessary and may also cause practical difficulties.
• It is, therefore, proposed to amend this article to provide that the Vice-President will be elected by members of an electoral college consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament.

Article 54

• the President is elected by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Article 71

• Every effort is made to complete such elections before the date of the Presidential election.
• It is, however, possible that the elections to the two Houses of Parliament may not be completed before the President or the Vice-President is elected.
• It is, therefore, proposed to amend article 71 of the Constitution so as to make it clear that the election of the President or the Vice-President cannot be challenged on the ground of any vacancy for any reason in the appropriate
• electoral college.

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