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Voting Schedule for the Vice Presidential Elections in 2022:
The election for India’s 16th Vice President will take place on August 6, with incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu’s term ending on August 10. The results will be announced on the same day as the polls closed, and the new Vice President will be sworn in on August 11. The deadline for nominations is July 19. The Vice President is the Rajya Sabha’s ex-officio chairperson and the country’s second highest constitutional post after the President.
Everything you need to know about the Vice-Presidential elections is right here:
How is the Vice-President elected in India?
The Indian Constitution, in Articles 63-71, addresses the election, qualification, and removal of the Vice President. The Vice President is elected indirectly by an Electoral College through ‘proportional representation’ using a single transferable vote and a secret ballot. According to the Election Commission’s guidelines, showing one’s ballot paper under any circumstances is prohibited. No party can compel its members to vote for a specific candidate. The electoral college is made up of both elected and nominated Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members. The ballot paper will only contain the names of the candidates and will not include any symbols. The electors will be given a special pen to mark their preference.Using any other pen can lead to the votes being rejected.
Total members of the Electoral College – 790 (Rajya Sabha: Elected – 233, Nominated – 12; Lok Sabha: Elected – 543, Nominated – 2)
For a nomination to be successful a candidate requires 20 MPs as proposers and another 20 MPs as seconders. A security deposit of Rs 15,000 has to be made by the candidate.
Who can be the Vice-President of India?
The post is open to any Indian citizen who has reached the age of 35 and is eligible to be elected to the Rajya Sabha. The individual is not permitted to hold any profit-making office in the Government of India, any state, or any local government body.
The following individuals are also eligible for the position of Vice-President:
Current President of India
Current Vice President of India
Governor of any state
MPs/MLAs
The VP’s term can be up to five years. He or she can be re-elected indefinitely because the position has no set retirement age.
Vice-Presidential Election 2022 Schedule:
Here is the full schedule of polls to elect the Vice President of India:
- Issue of Election Commission’s notification calling the election – July 5, 2022 (Tuesday)
- Last date of making nominations – July 19, 2022 (Tuesday)
- Date for the Scrutiny of nominations – July 20, 2022, (Wednesday)
- Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures – July 22, 2022 (Friday)
- Date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken – August 6, 2022 (Saturday)
- Hours of poll – 10 am to 5 pm
- Date on which counting, if required, shall be taken – August 6, 2022 (Saturday)
Following a meeting of the poll panel chaired by Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of India, and attended by Anup Chandra Pandey, Election Commissioner, the Election Commission announced the date for the polls on June 29. Article 324, in conjunction with the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, and the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974, delegates to the Election Commission of India the responsibility of conducting elections to the office of Vice-President of India.
