The election for the post of vice president will be held on August 6, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. The term of the current Vice President Venkaiah Naidu is ending on August 10. The name of the new Vice President will be announced four days before that. The process of the Vice-Presidential election will run from 10 am to 5 pm on the 6th of August.
The notification for the election to decide the successor of M Venkaiah Naidu will be issued on July 5 and the last date for filing nomination papers will be July 19. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22. The election will be held on August 6 and the votes counted on the same day.
Members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, form the electoral college for the vice-presidential election. The schedule for the vice-presidential election was finalized at a meeting of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey. Naidu, who became the southern face of the BJP, was made vice president in 2017 following a long career in active politics.
For the 16th Vice Presidential Election, the electoral college consists of 233 elected members of Rajya Sabha, 12 nominated members of Rajya Sabha, and 543 elected members of Lok Sabha, the ECI said in a press note. The vice president of India, who also serves as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, is elected by the members of the electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
