The Constitution lays down the following qualifications for a Presidential candidate:
- He should be a citizen of India.
- He must have completed the age of thirty-five years.
- He must not hold any office of profit under the Union, State or local government.
- He should have the other qualifications required to become a member of the Lok Sabha.
- He/her name should be proposed by at least ten electors and seconded by another ten electors of the Electoral college which elects the President.
