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Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the post of Vice President-Photo-ANI
‘Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his post late on Monday July 21, 2025 evening citing ill health. Dhankhar’s resignation has come at a time when the monsoon session of Parliament has just begun. In such a situation, it is now important to know how the Vice President is elected.
New Delhi : Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his post late on Monday July 21, 2025 evening citing ill health. Dhankhar’s resignation has come at a time when the monsoon session of Parliament has just begun. In such a situation, it is now important to know how the Vice President is elected.
Only the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs participate in the Vice President election. Nominated members also participate in this election. Whereas, in the Presidential election, Lok Sabha MPs and MLAs of all the states vote.
What should be the qualifications to become the Vice President
To contest the Vice President election, it is necessary to be a citizen of India. His age should be more than 35 years and he should fulfill all the qualifications to be elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha. The candidate contesting the Vice President election also has to deposit 15 thousand rupees. This is like a security deposit. This amount is deposited if the candidate loses the election or does not get 1/6 votes.
How is voting done in the Vice Presidential election?
- MPs from both the houses take part in the Vice Presidential election. 245 MPs from Rajya Sabha and 543 MPs from Lok Sabha take part in it. 12 nominated MPs are also included among the Rajya Sabha members.
- The Vice President is elected through the Proportional Representation System. In this, voting takes place in a special way, which is called Single Transferable Vote System.
- During voting, the voter has to cast only one vote, but he has to decide the priority based on his choice. On the ballot paper, the voter has to prioritize the first choice as 1, the second as 2 and so on. On the ballot paper, the voter has to prioritize the first choice as 1, the second as 2 and so on.
- Understand it like this that if A, B and C are contesting the Vice Presidential election, then the voter will have to tell his first choice in front of each name. For example, the voter will have to write 1 in front of A, 2 in front of B and 3 in front of C.
How are the votes counted?
- A quota is fixed for the Vice President election. The number of members who cast their votes is divided by two and then 1 is added to it. Suppose 787 members cast their votes in the election, then dividing it by 2 gives 393.50. 0.50 is not counted in this, so this number becomes 394 after adding 1. It is necessary to get 394 votes to win the election.
- After the voting is over, the first round of counting takes place. In this, first of all it is seen how many first preference votes all the candidates have received. If in the first counting itself a candidate gets equal to or more votes than the required quota, then he is declared the winner.
- If this is not possible then the counting is done again. This time the candidate who has got the least votes is eliminated. But the votes given to him by the first priority are checked to see who has been given the second priority. Then these priority votes are transferred to the other candidate.
- After all these votes are added, if a candidate gets the required quota or more votes, then he is declared the winner. But if no one becomes the winner in the second round as well, then the same process is repeated again. This process continues until one candidate wins.
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