Shortly after the Election Commission of India issued a notification calling upon the electors to fill the vacancy for the presidential poll, as many as 11 candidates filed nominations, sources said .

Out of 11 nominations filed, one nomination was rejected due to incomplete documents, they added.

The election for the country’s highest constitutional post is scheduled to be held on July 18 and the counting for it will take place on July 21.

The nomination process began on a day a joint opposition meeting was held in Delhi to deliberate on a consensus presidential candidate ahead of the next month’s polls.

The nominations can be filed till June 29 and the scrutiny of the papers will take place on June 30. July 2 has been decided as the last date of withdrawing from the electoral battle, as per the notification

The term of incumbent President Ram Nath Kovind ends on July 24.

Members of the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs of all states, including the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry elect the President.

The nominated members of either Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha or legislative Assemblies of the states are not eligible to be included in the electoral college and, therefore, they are not entitled to participate in the election. Similarly, members of the legislative councils are also not electors for the presidential election.