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The Vice-President of India has been the ex-officio chairman of a Rajya Sabha that holds the second-highest constitutional office within the Indian Government. On August 6, 2022, there will be vice presidential elections to choose India’s 14th vice president. On August 6, 2022, there will be vice presidential elections to choose India’s 14th vice president. The Indian Election Commission declared the election results. Venkaih Naidu, the current vice president, will be replaced by the winner of the vice presidential election in 2022. On July 16, 2022, the ruling party’s BJP shortlisted Jagdeep Dhankar as an applicant for vice president. On July 17, Margaret Alva was shortlisted as the vice presidential nominee of the opposing party.
The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, which holds the second-highest constitutional office within the Indian Government. The members of an electoral college are made up of representatives from both houses of the legislature, and the state legislature elects the vice president; they play no part throughout this election. The current vice president of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu, took office on August 11.
According to Article 63 of the Indian Constitution, India shall have a vice president. By Article 65 of the Indian Constitution, he has the authority to make significant decisions in specific unforeseen situations brought on by the President of India’s resignation, dismissal, death, impeachment, or incapacity to perform his duties.
Regardless of the term’s expiration, the Vice-President can stay in office until a replacement is elected after just a five-year tenure.
Qualifications for Indian Vice-President:
- He must be an Indian national
- He must be at least 35 years old
- He has to be eligible to be elected as a Rajya Sabha member
- He cannot be a Rajya Sabha member
- He shouldn’t hold any lucrative jobs
The vice president is elected for five years and is immediately eligible for reelection. He might, therefore, be dismissed before the end of his term using these strategies:
- Submit your resignation to the President.
- Removal: Through a resolution of the Council of States approved by the Lok Sabha and passed by a majority of members.
Indian Vice Presidents, listed by terms of office (1952-2022)
No. | Vice-President | Tenure (From) | Tenure (To) | President |
1 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 13 May 1952 | 12 May 1962 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
2 | M Venkaiah Naidu | 11 August 2017 | Incumbent | Ram Nath Kovind |
3 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | 11 August 2007 | 10 August 2017 | Ram Nath Kovind, Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil |
4 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | 19 August 2002 | 21 July 2007 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
5 | Krishan Kant | 21 August 1997 | 27 July 2002 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Kocheril Raman Narayanan |
6 | Kocheril Raman Narayanan | 21 August 1992 | 24 July 1997 | Shankar Dayal Sharma |
7 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 7 September 1987 | 24 July 1992 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
8 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | 31 August 1984 | 24 July 1987 | Giani Zail Singh |
9 | Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah | 31 August 1979 | 30 August 1984 | Giani Zail Singh, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
10 | Basappa Danappa Jatti | 31 August 1974 | 30 August 1979 | Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy |
11 | Gopal Swarup Pathak | 31 August 1969 | 30 August 1974 | V. V. Giri, Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed |
12 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 13 May 1967 | 20 July 1969 | Dr. Zakir Hussain |
13 | Dr. Zakir Hussain | 13 May 1962 | 12 May 1967 | Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
