2007 Indian vice presidential election

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.

Background

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 college

The electoral college consists of, all 245 Rajya Sabha members and all 545 Lok Sabha members, a total of 790 voters.

Officers

Returning Officer : Dr. Yogendra Narain, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha
Assistant Returning Officers : N.C. Joshi & Ravi Kant Chopra

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Result

Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2007
	Candidate	Party	Electoral Votes	% of Votes
	Mohammad Hamid Ansari	INC	455	60.51
	Najma Heptulla	BJP	222	29.52
	Rasheed Masood	SP	75	9.97

Total			762	100.00

Valid Votes			752	98.69
Invalid Votes			10	1.31
Turnout			762	96.46
Abstentions			28	3.54
Electors			790

References

^ ^a ^b ^c BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

External links

[eci-1] BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA

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