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. The incumbent, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat did not seek re- election and instead ran for President in 2007 election, where he lost to Pratibha Patil. He subsequently resigned from VP four days before Patil's inauguration.

2007 Indian vice presidential election

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SP Nominee Mohammad Hamid Ansari Najma Heptulla Rasheed Masood Party INC BJP SP Alliance UPA NDA Third Front (India) Home state West Bengal Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Electoral vote 455 222 75 Percentage 60.50% 29.52% 9.98%

Vice President before election Bhairon Singh Shekhawat BJP Elected Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari INC

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. But Shekhawat resigned on 21 July, so there occurred a little vacancy until 11 August 2007 when Ansari was sworn in.

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

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

See also

• 2007 Indian presidential election