The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a clear lead in the election, with members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including nominees, eligible to vote.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a clear lead in the election, with members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including nominees, eligible to vote.
The Election Commission on Tuesday gave impetus to the process of filing nomination papers by candidates by issuing notification for the August 6 polling for the election of the next vice-president.
The notification said that July 19 is the last date for filing nominations.
The tenure of the current M. Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10 and the next Vice President will take oath on August 11.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is July 22.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has a clear lead in the election, with members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including nominees, eligible to vote.
Political parties have not yet declared the names of their candidates for the elections.
The Vice President is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Procedure for election of Vice President of India
In the election of the Vice President, the electoral college consists of a total of 788 members from both the houses of the Parliament. Since all voters are members of Parliament, each MP’s vote will have the same value – one – the Election Commission said in a statement issued on June 29.
The election is held according to the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote and voting is by secret ballot.
There is no concept of open voting in the election and showing ballot papers to anyone is strictly prohibited under any circumstances in case of presidential and vice-presidential elections, with the Election Commission warning that parties cannot issue whips to their MPs. Huh. Voting matter.
The nomination paper of a candidate must be subscribed by at least 20 electors as proposers and by at least 20 other electors as supporters. An elector can subscribe to only one nomination paper of a candidate as either a proposer or a supporter.
A candidate can file a maximum of four nomination papers. The security deposit for the election is ₹15,000.
Unlike presidential elections, where voting takes place at multiple locations as elected legislators, not nominated members are also part of the electoral college, voting in the vice presidential election takes place in the Parliament House.