Minimum age for M.P. (Lower house), M.P. (Upper house) and President is
25, 30 and 35
Twenty-five for the Lok Sabha, thirty for the Rajya Sabha and thirty-five for the President — option 1.
| Office | Minimum age | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Member, Lok Sabha | 25 | 84(b) |
| Member, Rajya Sabha | 30 | 84(b) |
| President | 35 | 58 |
| Vice-President | 35 | 66 |
| Member, State Legislative Assembly | 25 | 173 |
| Member, State Legislative Council | 30 | 173 |
| Governor | 35 | 157 |
| Voter | 18, since the 61st Amendment, 1988 | 326 |
The pattern to remember. It is simple and consistent: 25 for the lower house at either level, 30 for the upper house at either level, and 35 for the offices of head of state — President, Vice-President and Governor. Fixing that pattern makes every question of this family answerable without recalling separate numbers.
Why the upper house asks for more. The second chamber was conceived as a house of elders — the Rajya Sabha, or Council of States — expected to bring experience and second thoughts to legislation, and a higher age qualification expresses that. The same reasoning gives the presidency the highest threshold of the three.
The other qualifications for a Member of Parliament under Article 84: he must be a citizen of India, must make and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Election Commission, and must possess such other qualifications as Parliament may prescribe by law — the Representation of the People Act, 1951 adds that he must be an elector in some parliamentary constituency in India.
A useful contrast : a candidate must be 25 to stand for the Lok Sabha but only 18 to vote for it — the gap between the right to choose and the right to be chosen.
Hence, the answer is 25, 30 and 35.
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