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A Vice Presidential election were held in India on 5 August 2017 before the term of Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari ends. Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the Vice President of India. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopal Krishna Gandhi , who got 244 votes.
In July 2016, Election Commission decided to increase the number of polling booths in Uttar Pradesh for the 2017 Assembly elections. New polling centres will be planned in the constituencies having more than 1,500 registered voters as well as polling booths in six constituencies of Muzaffarnagar, Budhana, Purkazi, Khatoli, Charthawal and ...
The 2017 presidential election was held in India on 17 July 2017 with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee , whose term of office was due to expire on 24 July 2017, [ 2 ] declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age.
VVPAT-fitted EVMs were used in the entire Gujarat state at 50,128 polling stations in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that the entire state saw the implementation of VVPAT. [2] VVPAT slips were counted in a polling station in each of Gujarat's 182 constituencies.
Rajya Sabha elections were held in India on 21 July and 8 August 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017. In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' retirement or death, may also be filled via By-elections.
BSP is the fourth largest party in Punjab after improving its vote share in 2012 elections [29] started preparations for 2017 early by launching Punjab Bachao Abhiyaan from 1 November 2014. [30] In 2012, the BSP came second from Balachaur Vidhan Sabha seat with 21,943 votes. [ 31 ]
The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on 9 November 2017 to elect all 68 members of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The term of the previous Legislative Assembly ended on 7 January 2017. Since 2012, the Indian National Congress Party was in power in the outgoing assembly with 36 seats.
The term of the Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017. [2] The last election had resulted in a 21-seat majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar . [ 6 ] Parrikar was elected Chief Minister .