2022 Indian vice presidential election

2022 Indian Vice Presidential election

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Turnout	92.91%
Nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar Margaret Alva Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Home state Rajasthan Karnataka Electoral vote 528 182 Percentage 74.37% 25.63%
Vice President before election Venkaiah Naidu BJP Elected Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Bharatiya Janata Party

An election for Vice-President of India was held on 6 August 2022. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India. Article 56(1) of the Constitution of India provides that the Vice President of India shall remain in office for a period of five years and held on 6 August 2022. The winner of this election is Jagdeep Dhankhar who replaced Venkaiah Naidu as Vice President of India.

On 16 July 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar the then serving Governor of West Bengal was nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by the BJP. On 17 July 2022, Margaret Alva was announced as the vice-presidential candidate by the United Progressive Alliance and some non-UPA Parties. Hence, Jagdeep Dhankhar won the election by 528 votes defeating the United Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.