Jagdeep Dhankhar elected India's 14th Vice President

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected India's 14th Vice President

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Category : National Published on: August 09 2022

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National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected India's 14th Vice President.
He secured 528 votes. Opposition pick Margaret Alva who got 182 votes has lost.
Jagdeep Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal in 2019.
The next Vice-President of the country will take the oath of office on August 11, a day after the term of the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends.
The Vice President of India, which is the second-highest constitutional post in the country, is elected through an electoral college consisting of members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.
All MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, are entitled to vote in the vice presidential election.

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