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Vice President of India

Vice President of India

Emblem of India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem_of_India)

Incumbent
Mohammad Hamid Ansari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari)
since11 August 2007
Residence
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O cial_residence)

Vice President House (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_House)

Nominator

UPA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance),Left
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Front_(India))

Term length
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_o ce)

Five years, renewable

Inaugural holder

Dr. S Radhakrishnan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan)

May 13, 1952 to May 12, 1962

Salary

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee)125000(US$1,800) per month(February 2015)

Republic of India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_India)

TheVice President of Indiais the second-highest constitutional o ce in India, after thePresident
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India).Article 63 ofIndian Constitution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India)states that there
shall be a Vice-President of India. The Vice President shall act as President in the absence of the President due to death, resignation, impeachment, or
other situations. The Vice President of India is alsoex ocio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_o cio)Chairperson of theRajya Sabha
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajya_Sabha).
Article 66 of the Indian Constitution states the manner of election of the Vice-President. The Vice-President is elected indirectly by members of an electoral
college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system ofProportional Representation
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_Representation)by means of theSingle transferable vote
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote)and the voting is by secret ballot.
The current Vice President isMohammad Hamid Ansari (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari), since 11 August 2007, and re-elected
on 7 August 2012 .
Contents
1Election, oath and term (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Election.2C_oath_and_term)
1Quali cations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Quali cations)
2Election (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Election)
3Election disputes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Election_disputes)
4Oath of A rmation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Oath_of_A rmation)
2Term (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Term)
3Removal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Removal)
4Salary and pension (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#Salary_and_pension)
5List of Vice Presidents of India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#List_of_Vice_Presidents_of_India)
Election, oath and term
Qualications

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As in the case of the President, in order to be quali ed to be elected as Vice President, a person must:
Have completed more than 35 years of age
Not hold any o ce of pro t
While in order to be a President, a person must be quali ed for election as a member of theLok Sabha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Sabha)(House
of Peoples), the Vice President must be quali ed for election as a member of theRajya Sabha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajya_Sabha)(Council of
States).This di erence is because the Vice President is to act as theex ocio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_o cio)Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Election
The Vice President is elected indirectly, by an electoral college consisting of members of both houses of the Parliament. The election of the Vice President
is slightly di erent from the election of the President as the members of state legislatures are not part of the electoral college for the Vice Presidential
election.
The nomination of a candidate for election to the o ce of the Vice President must be subscribed by at least 20 electors as proposers and 20 electors as
seconders. Every candidate has to make a security deposit of Rs.15,000 in theReserve Bank of India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_Bank_of_India).
TheElection Commission of India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India), which is a constitutional autonomous body, conducts the
election. The election is to be held no later than 60 days of the expiry of the term of o ce of the outgoing Vice President. AReturning O cer
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Returning_O cer)is appointed for the election, usually the Secretary-General of either House of the Parliament, by rotation.
The Returning O cer issues a public notice of the intended election, inviting nomination of candidates. Any person quali ed to be elected and intending
to stand for election is required to be nominated by at least twenty Members of Parliament as proposers, and at least twenty other Members of
Parliament as seconders. The nomination papers are scrutinized by the Returning O cer, and the names of all eligible candidates are added to the ballot.
The election isproportional representation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation)by means of a single transferable vote by secret
ballot. Voters stack-rank the candidates, assigning 1 to their rst preference, 2 to their second preference, and so on. The number of votes required by a
candidate to secure the election is calculated by dividing the total number of votes by two, and adding one to the quotient by disregarding any remainder.
If no candidate obtains the required number of rst-preference votes, the candidate with the least number of rst-preference votes is eliminated and
his/her second-preference votes are transferred. The process is repeated until a candidate obtains the requisite number of votes. Nominated members
can also participate in the election
After the election has been held and the votes counted, the Returning O cer declares the result of the election to the electoral college. Thereafter, he/she
reports the result to the Central Government (Ministry of Law & Justice) and the Election Commission of India and the Central Government publishes the
name of the person elected as Vice President, in the O cial Gazette.
The Vice-President may resign his o ce by submitting his resignation to the President. The resignation becomes e ective from the day it is accepted.
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Election disputes
All disputes arising in connection with the election of the Vice President are petitioned to theSupreme Court of India
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India), which inquires into the matter. The petition is heard by a ve-member bench of the Supreme
Court, which decides on the matter. The decision of the Supreme Court is nal.
Oath of Armation
The article 69 of Indian Constitution provides the Oath of A rmation for the O ce of Vice President as under:I, ________ do swear in the name of God/solemnly a rm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to solemnly a rm the Constitution of India as by law
established and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter.
The President administers the oath of o ce and secrecy to the Vice-President.
Term
The Vice President holds o ce for ve years. He/she can be re-elected any number of times. However, the o ce may be terminated earlier by death,
resignation or removal. The Constitution does not provide a mechanism of succession to the o ce of Vice President in the event of an extraordinary
vacancy, apart from re-election. However, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha can perform the duties of the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha in such an
event.
Removal
The Vice President cannot be formallyimpeached (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeached), unlike the President. TheConstitution
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India)states that the Vice President can be removed by a resolution of theRajya Sabha
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajya_Sabha)passed by an e ective majority (more than 50% of e ective membership(total membership Vacant seats))
and agreed to by a simple majority (50% of present and voting members) of theLok Sabha (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Sabha)(Article 67(b)).[2]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#cite_note-vicepresidento ndia.nic.in-2)But no such resolution may be moved unless at least 14
days advance notice has been given. Notably, the Constitution does not list grounds for removal.
No Vice President orex ocioVice President has ever faced removal proceedings.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India#cite_note-5)
Salary and pension
There is no provision for the salary of the Vice President of India in that capacity. He/She gets the salary in his capacity as theex ocioChairman of the
Rajya Sabha (Council of States), which is currently Rs. 1,25,000 per month. In addition, he/she is entitled to daily allowance, free furnished residence,
medical, travel and other facilities. The constitution provides that when theex ocioVice President acts as the President or discharges the duties of the
President, he/she is entitled to the salary and privileges of the President.
The pension for the Vice-President is 50% of the salary.
List of Vice Presidents of India
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The completelist of Vice Presidents of Indiaincludes the persons sworn into the o ce asVice President of India
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_India)following the adoption of theConstitution of India
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India)in 1950.

Name
(birthdeath)

Elected

Took
oce

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan)
(18881975)

1952
1957

13 May
1952

Zakir Husain
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakir_Husain_(politician))
(18971969)

1962

13 May
1962

Varahagiri Venkata Giri

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._V._Giri)
(18941980)

1967

13 May
1967

Gopal Swarup Pathak

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak)
(18961982)

1969

31 August
1969

Basappa Danappa Jatti

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._D._Jatti)
(19122002)

1974

31 August
1974

Mohammad Hidayatullah
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hidayatullah)
(19051992)

1979

31 August
1979

Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Venkataraman)
(19102009)

1984

31 August
1984

1987

3
September
1987

Shankar Dayal Sharma

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma)
(19181999)

Portrait

Kocheril Raman Narayanan

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._R._Narayanan)
(19202005)

1992

21 August
1992

10

Krishan Kant
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishan_Kant)
(19272002)

1997

21 August
1997

11

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhairon_Singh_Shekhawat)
(19232010)

2002

19 August
2002

12

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Hamid_Ansari)
(born in 1937)

2007
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_vice_presidential_election,_2007)
2012
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_vice_presidential_election,_2012)

11 August
2007

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