He is active in national sport in Spain. There was no other candidate from Spain. Singh is the son of a former IOC delegate. His father, Kumar Bhalendra Singh, served as a member from 1947-1992. The votes will be held by secret ballot, with a majority required for approval.
Election is considered a virtual certainty.
After the Salt Lake scandal, the IOC set up a special nominating commission to screen candidates for membership. This was meant to reform the previous system, whereby members were essentially hand-picked by the president. The president is first of all an IOC member and there's nothing to prevent that nomination and it was unanimously supported. Carrard said the outgoing president had personally nominated his son, and some board members were clearly uneasy with the nomination. It's one of the very rare occasions I do not comment.