The Vice Presidential election was announced on Wednesday. The election process will start from July 5. Voting will be held on August 6. The results will also come on August 6. The tenure of the current Vice President Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10. The new Vice President will take oath on August 11.
When will the election process happen? How is the Vice President elected? Who can contest the election of the Vice President? How is the election of the Vice President different from the election of the President? How is it decided to win and lose? Let’s know…
When will the election process happen?
According to the Election Commission, the process of Vice Presidential election will start from July 5. The last date for nominations is July 19. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on July 20. At the same time, names can be withdrawn till July 22. If needed, polling will be held on August 6 from 10 am to 5 pm. After that the votes will be counted. The results will come only on August 6. The new Vice President will take oath on August 11.
Who votes for the Vice President?
In the Vice Presidential election, 233 elected MPs of Rajya Sabha, 12 nominated MPs in Rajya Sabha and 543 MPs of Lok Sabha can cast their votes. A total of 788 such people can cast their vote. Due to the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, at present, four seats under the quota of Jammu and Kashmir are vacant in the Rajya Sabha.
One seat is also vacant due to the resignation of the Chief Minister of Tripura. Thus the current number of elected members is only 228. At the same time, seven seats of nominated MPs are also vacant. In this way, the total number of members in the Electoral College is currently 776 only. However, this may change before August 6.
How is voting done in the Vice Presidential election?
Article 66 of the Constitution deals with the procedure for the election of the Vice-President. This election is done by proportional representative method. Voting is done through single transferable vote system. In simple words, the voter of this election has to vote on the basis of preference. For example, among the candidates present on the ballot paper, he writes his first choice as one, second choice two and so on as his priority number in front of other candidates. This whole process is done by secret ballot method. The voter has to write his preference only in the form of Roman numerals. For writing this also one has to use a special pen provided by the Election Commission.
How are votes counted?
First it is seen how many votes all the candidates got with the first priority. Then the first priority votes received by all are added up. The total number is divided by two and one is added to the quotient. Now the number one gets is considered to be the quota that a candidate needs to remain in the counting.
If in the first count itself a candidate secures equal to or more votes than the quota required for victory, then he is declared victorious. If this is not possible, then the process is carried forward. First, the candidate who gets the fewest votes in the first count is eliminated from the race.
After this, the candidate who is out of the race is given first preference votes to see who is given second priority. These second priority votes are then transferred to the accounts of other candidates. If these votes are combined, if the votes of a candidate are equal to or more than the quota number, then that candidate is declared the winner.
If no candidate is selected even at the end of the second round, the process continues. The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. The ballot papers given to him first priority and the ballot papers received by him during the second counting are re-examined and it is seen who is given the next priority among them.
Then that preference is transferred to the respective candidates. This process continues and the candidates with the lowest number of votes will be excluded until the number of votes received by any one candidate is equal to the quota.
When is the candidature of Vice President accepted?
To stand for election, a person has to nominate at least 20 Members of Parliament as proposers and at least 20 Members of Parliament as supporters. To become a Vice Presidential candidate, one has to deposit a security deposit of Rs 15,000. After nomination, the Returning Officer scrutinizes the nomination papers and the names of eligible candidates are included in the ballot.
Who can contest the election of Vice President?
- Be a citizen of India.
- Must have completed 35 years of age.
- He should fulfill the qualifications for being elected to the Rajya Sabha.
- He should be a voter of a parliamentary constituency in that state or union territory.
- Any person who holds any office of profit under the Government of India or under any State Government or under any subordinate local authority shall not be eligible.
- The candidate should not be a member of either House of the Parliament or of either House of the Legislature of a State. If he is a member of either House, he will have to give up his membership after being elected as the Vice-President.
What are the responsibilities of the Vice President, how does he work?
Although the constitutional responsibilities of the Vice President are very limited, but as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the role becomes very important. Apart from this, his responsibility becomes more important when the post of President becomes vacant due to some reason. In such a situation, the responsibility of the President also has to be performed by the Vice President because the post of the President cannot be kept vacant. According to the protocol of the country, the President is also at the top. Then the Vice President and then the Prime Minister.
How different is the election of the Vice President from the Presidential election?
In the election of the Vice-President, members of both houses of Parliament cast their votes. It also includes nominated members of the Rajya Sabha. Elected MPs and MLAs of all states vote in the presidential election. Nominated MPs cannot vote in the Presidential election, but not in the Vice Presidential election. Such members can also vote in the Vice-President’s election.
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The Vice Presidential election was announced on Wednesday. The election process will start from July 5. Voting will be held on August 6. The results will also come on August 6. The tenure of the current Vice President Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10. The new Vice President will take oath on August 11.
When will the election process happen? How is the Vice President elected? Who can contest the election of the Vice President? How is the election of the Vice President different from the election of the President? How is it decided to win and lose? Let’s know…
When will the election process happen?
According to the Election Commission, the process of Vice Presidential election will start from July 5. The last date for nominations is July 19. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on July 20. At the same time, names can be withdrawn till July 22. If needed, polling will be held on August 6 from 10 am to 5 pm. After that the votes will be counted. The results will come only on August 6. The new Vice President will take oath on August 11.