Present vice president of india

• v • t • e The The vice president is elected by an electoral college consisting of all members of both houses of the Parliament in accordance with the system of On 11 August List [ ] This list is numbered based on vice presidents elected after winning an Indian vice presidential election. The vice president of India does not represent any political party. The colors used in the table indicate the following: Vice President was a candidate of the Key • RES Resigned • † Died in office No Portrait Name Term of office Election Party 1 13 May 1952 13 May 1957 9years, 364days 13 May 1957 12 May 1962 2 13 May 1962 12 May 1967 4years, 364days 3 13 May 1967 3 May 1969 1year, 355days 4 31 August 1969 30 August 1974 4years, 364days 5 31 August 1974 30 August 1979 4years, 364days 6 31 August 1979 30 August 1984 4years, 365days 7 31 August 1984 24 July 1987 2years, 327days 8 3 September 1987 24 July 1992 4years, 325days 9 21 August 1992 24 July 1997 4years, 337days 10 21 August 1997 27 July 2002 4years, 340days 11 19 August 2002 21 July 2007 4years, 336days 12 11 August 2007 10 August 2012 9years, 364days 11 August 2012 10 August 2017 13 11 August 2017 10 August 2022 4years, 364days 14 11 August 2022 Incumbent 306days Statistics [ ] • ^ a b News Nation. 17 July 2017 . Retrieved 2 March 2019. • Jha, Jitesh (8 August 2017). Dainik Jagran. . Retrieved 2 March 2019. • Relhan, Vibhor (5 August 2017). . Retrieved 2 March 2019. • . Retrieved 2 March 2019. • The Times of India. 5 August 2017. ...

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Former West Bengal Governor Opposition candidate Margaret Alva, who secured 182 votes, conceding her defeat said, though the election is over, “The battle for protecting our Constitution, strengthening our democracy & restoring the dignity of Parliament, will continue.” Mr. Dhankhar is the second leader from Rajasthan after Bhairon Singh Shekhawat to get elected the Vice-President of India. He will take oath on August 11, a day after incumbent M. Venkaiah Naidu (73) demits office. Congratulating his successor, the Mr. Naidu said, “The nation will greatly benefit from your vast experience and legal expertise.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the Vice-President elect along with BJP national president J.P. Nadda. Conveying his congratulations to Mr. Dhankhar, the Prime Minister said, “At a time when India marks Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, we are proud to be having a Kisan Putra Vice President who has excellent legal knowledge and intellectual prowess,” Counting of votes had commenced after the election concluded at 5.00 p.m. Out of 780 electors, 725 electors cast their votes, with more than 50 MPs not exercising their franchise.. Of these 725 votes, 710 votes were found valid, and 15 were found invalid. Polling began at 10.00 a.m. and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh were among the first ones to cast their votes. The Trinamool Congress, which has 39 MPs, including 23 in Lok Sabha, had already announced While two BJP MPs—Sunny Deol and Sanjay Dhotr...

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 ...

Click here to download high resolution photo Profile Name: Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Father's Name Late Shri Gokal Chand Mother's Name Late Srimati Kesari Devi Date of Birth 18 May, 1951 Place of Birth Village Kithana, Jhunjhunu District, Rajasthan Marital Status Married (Year, 1979) Spouse's Name Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar Children One daughter (Smt. Kamna) School Education Had his early education from Class 1 to 5 in village Kithana, at the Government Primary School In Class 6 he took admission in the Government Middle School, Ghardhana, at a distance of 4-5 kms and travelled on foot along with other village students to the school. In 1962, after successfully passing the Chittorgarh, Sainik School, Entrance Examination got admitted to Class 5 in the School on Full Merit Scholarship. Passed from Chittorgarh, Sainik School, after taking the Indian School Certificate Examination recognized by the Cambridge University. College education Graduated in B.Sc. (Honors) Physics from Maharaja’s College, Jaipur, affiliated to the University of Rajasthan. Professional education 1978-1979 LLB from the University of Rajasthan. Profession Was enrolled with the Bar Council of Rajasthan as an Advocate with effect from 10.11.1979. Designated as Senior Advocate by the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan with effect from 27.3.1990, Since 1990 Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar had been practicing primarily in the Supreme Court and his focus area of litigation have been in the field of Steel, Coal, Mining and Int...

NEW DELHI: Jagdeep Dhankhar took oath as the 14th Vice-President of India on Thursday. He was administered the oath of office by President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Dhankhar succeeds M Venkaiah Naidu, whose term ended on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman were present for Dhankhar's sweaing-in ceremony. Jagdeep Dhankhar's victory margin highest in last six V-P polls NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Saturday elected as the 14th Vice-President of India, defeating joint opposition candidate Margaret Alva after securing 528 votes (72.8%) against his rival's tally of 182. Outgoing Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, former President Ram Nath Kovind, former Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla too were present for the occasion. • Born on 18 May 1951 in Kithana village of Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan • A Physics graduate of University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, also pursued LLB from the same university • Practised law at Rajasthan High Court and the Supreme Court • Former president of Rajasthan High Court Bar Association • Elected MP from Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections on a Janata Dal ticket • Elected to Rajasthan assembly from Kishangarh in the 1993 state polls • Appointed governor of West Bengal in July 2019 • Contested 2022 vice-presidential election against opposition candidate Margaret Alva • Won convincingl...

Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as India’s vice president, giving the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi control of the South Asian nation’s two highest constitutional posts. Dhankhar, the former Governor of West Bengal state and a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, defeated Margaret Alva, a former federal minister, fielded by the opposition led by the Indian National Congress and a few other regional parties. Dhankhar won by 346 votes, said Utpal Kumar Singh secretary general of the lower house of the parliament and also the returning officer of the poll.