TNPSC Thervupettagam

Election of Vice President

July 18 , 2017 2446 days 1548 0
  • The tenure of Hamid Ansari, Vice President of India ends by this August .
  • He has been Vice President of India for 10 years, since 2007. Election for new Vice President is scheduled to be held on August 5, 2017.
  • Venkaiah Naidu is contesting on behalf of the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
  • Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and former Governor of West Bengal, Gopala Krishna Gandhi is contesting on behalf of opposition parties including Congress.
How is the vice president elected? What are the requirements to become the next vice president?
  • For the election of the vice president, the procedures involved are fairly similar to that in the Presidential poll.
  • But unlike the Presidential poll, the election for the Vice President is conducted through a secret ballot where only members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha get to vote.
  • Members of Parliament will use special pens for marking their choice. Votes marked with any other pen are liable to be rejected.
  • In the Presidential poll, elected members of all state legislative assemblies, including Delhi and Puducherry, also participate in the voting.
  • A person needs to satisfy the following prerequisites to become a Vice-President.
  1. Needs to be a citizen of India
  2. Is at least 35 years old or above
  3. Is qualified to become a member of the Rajya Sabha
  • A candidate’s nomination paper needs to be subscribed by at least 20 electors as proposers and at least another 20 electors as seconders.
  • And a security deposit of Rs 15,000 will be collected from each candidate.

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