EC handed list of new MPs to President

The Election Commission on Saturday, May 25 met President Ram Nath Kovind and handed him the list of the newly elected MPs on completion of the electoral process of the 17^th Lok Sabha. The list contains the names of 542 newly elected members of the Parliament and it will help the President to formally begin the process of formation of a new government. Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora along with the other two Commissioners, Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, May 25 and handed him over a copy of the notification issued by the Election Commission in terms of the provisions of the Representation of the People Act containing the names of new MPs. The freshly elected MPs of the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) are most likely to recommend Narendra Modi’s name for the post of the Prime Minister to President after which Modi will be invited by the President to form a new government. The elections were held in seven phases for 542 seats between April 11 to May 19.