Vice president of india 2022 result

Alva, 80, is pitted against NDA's Jagdeep Dhankhar. Voting date, counting date The vice presidential poll will be held on August 6 to elect the successor to M Venkaiah Naidu, whose term ends on August 10. Counting, if required, to be held on same day i.e. August 6. Get Latest Business News, Stock Market Updates and Videos; Check your tax outgo through Income Tax Calculator and save money through our Personal Finance coverage. Check Business Breaking News Live on Zee Business Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe on YouTube.

New Delhi: Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected as the next Vice President of India defeating the Opposition's pick Margaret Alva. Dhankhar will succeed incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu, whose term will end on August 10, to become the 14th Vice President of India. The polling took place in the Parliament building at 10 am on Saturday and concluded at 5 pm with a poll percentage of 90 per cent till 3 pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first voters to cast his vote. Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in a wheelchair to cast his vote for the Vice President election. Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president J P Nadda, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and Commerce Minister and Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal were among the leaders who turned up early at the Parliament House. Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi also cast their ballot post noon. NDA's candidate Dhankhar had a clear edge over his opponent with the ruling BJP having an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha and 91 members in the Rajya Sabha. Dhankhar, 71 is a lawyer by profession who was one of the leading professionals in the country and has practiced in both, the Rajasthan High Court and the Supreme Court of India. He served as the governor of West Bengal in 2019. He stepped into public life after getting elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections and later was elected MLA to R...

The Vice President is elected by an electoral college in which the members of both the Houses of Parliament vote for the second highest constitutional office in the country using the proportional representation system and a single transferable vote through a secret ballot. The electoral process for the election of the vice-president consists of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members. Rajya Sabha has a total of 233 elected members and 12 nominated, while the lower house has 543 elected members and 2 nominated. A candidate needs 20 electors as proposers and at least another 20 electors as seconders for his nomination in the Vice President elections. The candidate also has to make a security deposit of Rs15,000. What is eligibility criteria? A candidate needs to be at least 35 years old for the position of Vice President of India. They also must be Indian citizens and fulfill all the requirements for the membership of the Upper House. Candidates holding profit-making position with the government of India or a state government, are not eligible to become a Vice President. How votes are counted? The number of first-choice votes received by each MP is determined. Then, the calculated numbers are added together and divided by two, one is added to the quotient, disregarding any remainder. The result is the quota required for a candidate to run in the election for the position of Vice President of India. The candidate is declared elected if the total number of votes credited to any ...

With the split in the Opposition camp wide open after the Trinamool Congress refused to back Opposition candidate Margaret Alva in the Vice-Presidential election, there are visible attempts at ‘damage control’. Taking to Twitter on Friday, Ms. Alva said, “The TMC's decision to abstain from voting in the VP election is disappointing. This isn't the time for 'whataboutery', ego or anger. This is the time for courage, leadership & unity. I believe, @MamataOfficial, who is the epitome of courage, will stand with the opposition”. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, too appealed to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a rethink. Amid claims that the Trinamool was never consulted on the V-P election, a senior Opposition leader told The Hindu that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had spoken on phone to Ms. Banerjee on July 15 to discuss the Opposition’s plan. The senior leader was among the informal Opposition group who were trying to find a suitable person to ensure that the V-P election did not go uncontested. On July 16, after former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar was declared as NDA’s V-P candidate, Ms. Gandhi tried reaching Ms. Banerjee again but wasn’t successful, he claimed. A day later, when Opposition leaders met and decided on former Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva as the joint Opposition candidate, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar had told reporters that he too was unable to reach out to Ms. Banerjee, but ...

Highlights • Polling for the new Vice President of India will be held on August 6 • The counting of votes will take place on the same day if required • Term of present Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will end on August 10 Vice President Election: Polls for the new Vice President of India will be held on August 6, 2022, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. The counting of votes will be held on the same day if required. According to the central polling body, the schedule of the 16th Vice Presidential election is as follows: • Issue of Election Commission's notification calling the election | 5.07.2022 (Tuesday) • Last date of making nominations | 19.07.22 (Tuesday) • Date for the Scrutiny of nominations | 20.07.2022 (Wednesday) • Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures | 22.07.2022 (Friday) • Date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken | 06.08.2022 (Saturday) • Hours of poll | 10 am to 5 pm • Date on which counting, if required, shall be taken | 06.08.2022 (Saturday) The notification for the election to decide the successor of M Venkaiah Naidu will be issued on July 5 and the last date for filing of nomination papers will be July 19. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22. Members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, form the electoral college for the vice-presidential election. Venkaiah Naidu's term as vice president ends on August 10.