2007 Indian vice presidential election

Vice-presidential election in India July 2022 2007 Indian vice presidential election India presidential no 2002 Indian vice presidential election 2002 2012 Indian vice presidential election 2012 10 August 2007 Official portrait of Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari, The Vice President of India, 2014.jpg 100 80 100 14 05 Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance West Bengal 455 60.50% Najma Heptulla.jpg 100 80 100 10 10 Najma Heptulla Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance (India) Madhya Pradesh 222 29.52% Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Bharatiya Janata Party Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress Rasheed Masood Samajwadi Party Third Front (India) Uttar Pradesh 75 9.98% SP 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.BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA 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. 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 yes |- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes |- | Indian National Congress |align="left"|Mohammad Hamid Ansari||align="left"|INC||455||60.51 |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Najma Heptulla||align="left"|BJP||222||29.52 |- | Samajwadi Party |align="left"|Rasheed Masood||align="left"|SP||75||9.97 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|762 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||752||98.69 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||10||1.31 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||762||96.46 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||28||3.54 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- |} See also 2007 Indian presidential election References External links Category:Vice-presidential elections in India India