2022 Indian vice presidential election

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.

2022 Indian Vice Presidential election
6 August 2022
Turnout92.91%
 
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

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.

Candidates
Name Born Alliance Positions held Home state Date announced Ref

Jagdeep Dhankhar		 (1951-05-18) 18 May 1951
Kithana, Rajasthan		 National Democratic Alliance Rajasthan 16 July 2022 [1]

Margaret Alva		 (1942-04-14) 14 April 1942
Mangaluru, Karnataka		 United Progressive Alliance Karnataka 17 July 2022 [2]

Results
 
Candidate
 Party (Coalition) Electoral Votes
 % of Votes
Jagdeep DhankharBJP (NDA)52874.37%
Margaret AlvaINC (UO)18225.63%
Total
Valid Votes710
Invalid Votes15
Turnout725
Abstentions55
Electors780

References
  1. "BJP names Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as NDA candidate for Vice President". Hindustan Times. 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  2. "Former Union Minister Margaret Alva is Opposition's vice presidential pick". India Today. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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