1992 Indian vice presidential election

The 1992 Indian vice presidential election was held on 19 August 1992 to elect the vice president of India. K. R. Narayanan defeated Joginder Singh to become ninth vice president of India. Out of 701 valid votes, Narayanan received 700 votes, while Singh secured only one vote.BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, Shankar Dayal Sharma, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.

Candidates

Result

|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes

|align="left"|K. R. Narayanan||align="left"|INC(I)||700||99.86

|align="left"|Joginder Singh||align="left"|Independent||1||0.14 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|701 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||701||98.59 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||10||1.41 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||711||90.00 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||79||10.00 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

See also 1992 Indian presidential election

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