The election for the 14th vice president of India was held on 6 August 2022. 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. The winner of this election was Jagdeep Dhankhar, who succeeded Venkaiah Naidu as vice president on 11 August 2022. On 16 July 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar, the then-serving Governor of West Bengal, was nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by the BJP. On 17 July 2022, Margaret Alva was announced as the vice-presidential candidate by the UO and some non-UO Parties. Hence, Jagdeep Dhankhar won the election with 528 electoral votes, defeating the United Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. It was the vice-presidential election with the largest margin of victory since the 1992.
Electoral system The Vice President is elected by an electoral college, which includes members of the Rajya Sabha and of the Lok Sabha. The nominated members of the upper house are also eligible to vote in the election process. Voting is done by secret ballot.
Election schedule Under sub-section (1) of Section (4) of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952, the schedule for the election of the Vice President of India had been announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 June 2022. S.No. EventDateDay1.Issue of election commission's notification calling the election5 July 2022Tuesday2.Last date for making nominations19 July 20223.Date for the scrutiny of nominations20 July 2022Wednesday4.Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures22 July 2022Friday5.Date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken6 August 2022Saturday6.Date on which counting, if required, shall be taken
Electoral college
HouseNDAUO OthersLok SabhaRajya SabhaTotal
Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly was dissolved and President's rule had been imposed, so the all 4 Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir are vacant. The only Rajya Sabha seat of Tripura was also vacant. 3 nominated member seats in the Rajya Sabha were also vacant.
Candidates National Democratic Alliance
Name Born Alliance Positions held Home state Date announcedRef Jagdeep DhankharKithana, RajasthanNational Democratic AllianceGovernor of West Bengal (2019-2022) Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1990–91) Lok Sabha MP from Jhunjhunu (1989–91) Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kishangarh (1993–98)Rajasthan 16 July 2022
United Opposition
Name Born Alliance Positions held Home state Date announcedRef Margaret AlvaMangaluru, KarnatakaUnited Opposition (India)Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka (1974-1998) Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1984-1985, 1993-1996) Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (1985-1989) Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (1991-1996) Lok Sabha MP from Kanara (1999-2004) Governor of Rajasthan (2012-2014) Governor of Uttarakhand (2009-2012) Governor of Gujarat (2014) Governor of Goa (2014)Karnataka17 July 2022
Results
|- 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"|Jagdeep Dhankhar||align="left"|BJP || 528|| 74.37
|align="left"|Margaret Alva||align="left"|INC ||182 || 25.63 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"| 710 ! style="text-align:right;"| 100 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||710 || |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||15 || |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout|| 725||92.95% |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||55 ||7.05% |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors|| 780|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
See also 2022 elections in India 2022 Indian presidential election List of Indian vice presidential elections List of vice presidents of India Narendra Modi Droupadi Murmu Vice President of India Lok sabha Rajya Sabha Parliament of India President of india
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