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Jagdeep Dhankhar elected India's 14th Vice President

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Published on: August 09 2022 Share on facebook

  • 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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