The term of vice-president of India is 5 years, as term of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was up to 18 August 2007, an election was needed to elect his successor.[1]
Electoral collegeedit
The electoral college consists of, all 245 Rajya Sabha members and all 545 Lok Sabha members, a total of 790 voters.
Officersedit
Returning Officer : Dr. Yogendra Narain, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha Assistant Returning Officers : N.C. Joshi & Ravi Kant Chopra
^ abcBACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
External linksedit
April 18, 2024
2007, indian, vice, presidential, election, held, august, 2007, elect, vice, president, india, serve, from, 2007, until, 2012, mohammad, hamid, ansari, from, indian, national, congress, elected, post, incumbent, bhairon, singh, shekhawat, seek, reelection, ins. The 2007 Indian vice presidential election was held on 10 August 2007 to elect the vice president of India to serve from 2007 until 2012 Mohammad Hamid Ansari from Indian National Congress was elected for the post 1 The incumbent Bhairon Singh Shekhawat did not seek reelection and instead ran for President in 2007 election where he lost to Pratibha Patil He subsequently resigned from VP post days before Patil s inauguration 2007 Indian vice presidential election 2002 10 August 2007 2012 Nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari Najma Heptulla Rasheed MasoodParty INC BJP SPAlliance UPA NDA Third Front India Home state West Bengal Madhya Pradesh Uttar PradeshElectoral vote 455 222 75Percentage 60 50 29 52 9 98 Vice President before electionBhairon Singh ShekhawatBJP Elected Vice President Mohammad Hamid AnsariINC Contents 1 Background 1 1 Electoral college 1 2 Officers 2 Result 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBackground editThe term of vice president of India is 5 years as term of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was up to 18 August 2007 an election was needed to elect his successor 1 Electoral college edit The electoral college consists of all 245 Rajya Sabha members and all 545 Lok Sabha members a total of 790 voters Officers edit Returning Officer Dr Yogendra Narain Secretary General Rajya Sabha Assistant Returning Officers N C Joshi amp Ravi Kant Chopra 1 Result editResult of the Indian vice presidential election 2007 Candidate Party Electoral Votes of VotesMohammad Hamid Ansari INC 455 60 51Najma Heptulla BJP 222 29 52Rasheed Masood SP 75 9 97Total 762 100 00Valid Votes 752 98 69Invalid Votes 10 1 31Turnout 762 96 46Abstentions 28 3 54Electors 790See also edit2007 Indian presidential electionReferences edit a b c BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 2012 ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIAExternal links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Indian vice presidential election amp oldid 1214259014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
