Vice-President of India

NDA candidate Dhankhar on Saturday won the vice presidential election by more than 500 votes, while opposition candidate Margaret Alva bagged less than 200 ...

It is important to note that the Vice President of India, which is the second-highest constitutional post in the country, is elected through an electoral college consisting of members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. Voting for the Vice Presidential election in which the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was pitted against the Opposition nominee Margaret Alva began at 10 am on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote along with other parliamentarians for the vice-presidential elections. Voting for the Vice President began in Parliament today.

As many as 55 MPs did not vote in the vice presidential election held from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday.

However, two of its MPs had cast their ballots. The Trinamool Congress, which has a total of 36 MPs, including 23 in Lok Sabha, had abstained from the election. 15 votes were declared invalid."

NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar won by 346 votes as he bagged 528 of the total 725 votes that were cast. While 15 were termed invalid.

Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal in 2019. BJP-Led NDA Candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected as the new Vice President of India on Saturday, August 6th after he won the Vice Presidential Elections 2022, defeating Oppositions' joint candidate Margaret Alva by a considerable margin. The counting of votes began after 6 pm.

Jagdeep Dhankhar was the candidate nominated by the NDA from BJP. He will be administering the oath to the office on August 11, just after the tenure of ...

He was elected as the 14th Vice President of India. Jagdeep Dhankhar had the support of more than 425 lawmakers. Jagdeep Dhankhar was born on 18th May 1951. The Opposition of Vice President Elections 2022 was Margaret Alva who is an ex-Union Minister and former five-times Congress MP. Jagdeep Dhankhar secured 528 votes, which is higher than the minimum of 363 votes that were required for the victory. Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India. Jagdeep Dhankhar was the candidate nominated by the NDA from BJP. He will be administering the oath to the office on August 11, just after the tenure of incumbent Vice President Venkaiah Naidu ends.

Dhankhar will take oath of office on August 11, a day after the term of the incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu ends.

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NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar becomes the 14th Vice-President of India. Dhankar is currently serving as Governor of West Bengal and was pitted against ...

Jagdeep Dhankhar was a member of Congress when PV Narsimha Rao became the prime minister and quit the party after Ashok Gehlot came into power in Rajasthan. Jagdeep Dhankhar was appointed as West Bengal’s Governor in July 2019. As many as 780 MPs voted till 5 pm on Saturday and around 93 per cent polling was recorded in the vice presidential election this year.

New Delhi: NDA candidate and former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar won the Vice Presidential election held at the Parliament House here on Saturday.

उपराष्ट्रपति के चुनाव में जगदीप धनखड़ को 528 वोट मिले हैं। वे मौजूद उपराष्ट्रपति एम ...

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