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The vice president of India is the second highest constitutional office in the government of India after the president.In accordance with Article 63 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or the inability of the president to discharge their functions.
The vice president of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Uparāṣṭrapati) is the deputy to the head of state of the Republic of India, i.e. the president of India.The office of vice president is the second-highest constitutional office after the president and ranks second in the order of precedence and first in the line of succession to the presidency.
President of the Republic of India: Droupadi Murmu: 25 July 2022 [1] Vice President of the Republic of India: Jagdeep Dhankhar: 11 August 2022 [2] Prime Minister of the Republic of India: Narendra Modi: 26 May 2014 [3] Chief Justice of the Republic of India: Sanjiv Khanna: 11 November 2024 Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla: 19 June 2019 [4] Chief ...
The vice president of India is elected indirectly, by an electoral college consisting of members (elected as well as nominated) of both Houses of Parliament, by the system of proportional representation using single transferable votes and the voting is by secret ballot.
The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India. Article 67 of the Constitution of India provides that the vice president of India shall remain in office for a period of five years. [1] The winner of this election is Jagdeep Dhankhar who succeeded Venkaiah Naidu as vice president on 11 August 2022.
Vice President of India: 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 5 years Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha: 1962: Zakir Husain: Independent: 3 Zakir Husain (1897–1969) Andhra Pradesh: Vice President of India. Governor of Bihar. 13 May 1967 3 May 1969: 1 year, 355 days Kailas Nath Wanchoo: 1967: V. V. Giri: Acting V. V. Giri (1894–1980) Odisha: Vice President of ...
President Droupadi Murmu administering the oath of office to Dhankhar as the 14th Vice President of India. On 16 July 2022, the BJP nominated Dhankhar as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for Vice President of India for the 2022 election the following month. [27] Dhankhar was projected as a kisan putra (farmer's son) by the BJP. [5]
The 2002 Indian vice presidential election was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of the vice president of India. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defeated Sushil Kumar Shinde to become 11th vice president of India. [1] Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred. Sekhawat got nearly ...