2012 Indian vice presidential election

Vice-presidential election in India March 2014 March 2014 2012 Indian vice presidential election India presidential no 2007 Indian vice presidential election 2007 2017 Indian vice presidential election 2017 7 August 2012 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 490 67.31% Jaswant Singh as Defence Minister of India.jpg 100 80 100 10 05 Jaswant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance (India) Rajasthan 238 32.69% Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress The 2012 Indian vice presidential election was held on 7 August 2012http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/bjp-to-field-candidate-for-vice-president-against-hamid-ansari-243377 BJP to field candidate for vice-president against Hamid Ansari 15 July 2012 3 August 2012 NDTV to elect the vice president of India. Mohammad Hamid Ansari was the incumbent and the UPA candidate. The other prime candidate was the NDA's Jaswant Singh.http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_ansari-may-write-to-mps-of-upa-and-supporting-parties_1723691 Jaswant Singh to give stature to vice-president poll contest 16 July 2012 3 August 2012 DNA Indiahttp://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jaswant-singh-to-give-stature-to-vice-president-poll-contest_1715752 Ansari may write to MPs of UPA and supporting parties 3 August 2012 3 August 2012 DNA India Ansari then reelected as vice president.http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/hamid-ansari-gets-second-term-as-vice-president/article1-909519.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20120808223748/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Hamid-Ansari-gets-second-term-as-vice-president/Article1-909519.aspx dead 8 August 2012 Hamid Ansari gets second term as vice president August 7, 2012 22 August 2014 Hindustan Times In doing so, he became the first VP to be reelected since Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in 1957. Background Vice President of India# Election, oath and term Indian Vice President has a term of 5 years. Current VP, Hamid Ansari, took oath as Vice President on 11 August 2007, hence his term ended on 10 August 2012. The Election Commission of India undertook the election. T. K. Viswanathan and V. R. Ramesh were appointed as Returning Officer and the Assistant Returning Officer respectively.PRESS NOTE Subject: Election to the Office of the Vice-President, 2012 (14th Vice-Presidential Election), ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA Electoral College The electoral college consists of, all 245 Rajya Sabha members and all 545 Lok Sabha members, a total of 790 voters. Timeline According to, the Election Commission of India's press note on 3 July detailing the process of conduct and declaration of the result of the election, the program for the election was, Notification - 6 July. Deadline for nominations - 20 July. Scrutiny of nominations - 21 July. Deadline for withdrawal of nominations - 23 July Date and voting hours - 7 August from 10:00 to 17:00. Announcement of result at 18:00. Candidates Thirty-four candidates had filed their nomination papers for the election. Seven of them had filed nomination papers on the deadline day. Four nomination were rejected for failing to comply with the requirement of attaching a certified copy of the entry relating to the candidate's parliamentary constituency.http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/news/32764396_1_sets-of-papers-one-nomination-papers-vice-presidential-poll https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082528/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/news/32764396_1_sets-of-papers-one-nomination-papers-vice-presidential-poll dead 5 March 2016 Hamid Ansari, Jaswant Singh among 34 in fray for Vice Presidential poll 20 July 2012 4 August 2012 United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance For Vice-Presidentcenter|220x220pxIncumbent Vice president of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance For Vice-President center|220x220px Former Minister of Finance in Vajpayee govt. Jaswant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Jaswant Singh Jaswant Singh had filed his nomination papers on 20 July in the presence of National Democratic Alliance coalition leaders. Three sets of papers- one each by L. K. Advani, Sumitra Mahajan and Yashwant Sinha, supporting Singh's candidature were submitted to the returning officer Viswanathan.http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/news/32764396_1_sets-of-papers-one-nomination-papers-vice-presidential-poll https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082528/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-07-20/news/32764396_1_sets-of-papers-one-nomination-papers-vice-presidential-poll dead 5 March 2016 Jaswant Singh files nomination for Vice Presidential poll The Economic Times 20 July 2012 3 August 2012 His candidature was announced by the NDA on 16 July.http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jaswant-singh-is-nda-nominee-for-vice-presidential-election/975067/0 Jaswant Singh is NDA nominee for Vice Presidential election The Indian Express 16 July 2012 4 August 2012 He would meet All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Jayalalithaa and Naveen Patnaik of Biju Janata Dal on 6 August asking them to support his candidature.http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-03/news/33020066_1_bjd-anti-congress-parties-bjp-leader https://web.archive.org/web/20151103085351/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-03/news/33020066_1_bjd-anti-congress-parties-bjp-leader dead 3 November 2015 Vice-Presidential poll: Jaswant Singh to seek J Jayalalithaa, BJD support The Economic Times 3 August 2012 4 August 2012 Hamid Ansari Ansari filed his nomination papers on 18 Jul United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar, RLD leader Ajit Singh, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Defence Minister A. K. Antony and RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav were among the political leaders who were present to support him at the time of his nomination.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-18/india/32729837_1_hamid-ansari-nomination-papers-vice-presidential-poll https://web.archive.org/web/20140203010050/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-18/india/32729837_1_hamid-ansari-nomination-papers-vice-presidential-poll dead 3 February 2014 Vice-presidential poll: Hamid Ansari files nomination papers 18 July 2012 The Times of India 3 August 2012 His candidature was announced by Sonia Gandhi at a UPA meeting held at Singh's official residence. Sonia Gandhi proposed his nomination by saying: "Mohd Hamid Ansari will complete shortly a term as Vice-President of India. He has presided over the Rajya Sabha with dignity and distinction. The UPA is honoured to nominate him as its candidate for a second term as Vice-President of India. " Sonia Gandhi, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party leader Satish Mishra and INCMP Motilal Vora then submitted one set of papers each to Viswanathan in support of Ansari's candidature. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/hamid-ansari-nomination-vice-president-poll-109984-2012-07-18 Hamid Ansari files nomination papers for Vice-Presidential post 18 July 2012 4 August 2012 The India Today Though Mukul Roy of the All India Trinamool Congress had put before the names of Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Krishna Bose, they declined to contest.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-14/india/32674057_1_vice-presidential-election-rashid-masood-upa-nominee https://archive.today/20130104015647/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-14/india/32674057_1_vice-presidential-election-rashid-masood-upa-nominee dead 4 January 2013 Hamid Ansari is UPA nominee for Vice-President's post; BJP to contest VP poll, NDA meet on July 16 14 July 2012 The Times of India 3 August 2012 Result Ansari was elected as Vice President for a second term, and became the only person to do so after Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was reelected in 1957.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hamid-Ansari-re-elected-vice-president-in-one-sided-contest/articleshow/15396620.cms Hamid Ansari re-elected vice-president in one-sided contest The Times of India August 8, 2012 May 25, 2016 Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2012http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/news/33083622_1_hamid-ansari-bjp-mp-j-shanta-kakoli-dastidar https://web.archive.org/web/20160805000919/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-08-07/news/33083622_1_hamid-ansari-bjp-mp-j-shanta-kakoli-dastidar dead 5 August 2016 Hamid Ansari wins second term as Vice President of India The Economic Times August 7, 2012 May 25, 2016 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||490||67.31 |- | Bharatiya Janata Party |align="left"|Jaswant Singh||align="left"|BJP||238||32.69 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|728 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||728||98.91 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||8||1.09 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||736||93.16 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||54||6.84 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- |} See also 2012 Indian presidential election References 3 External links Official website of the Vice-Presidential election 2012 Press note released by the Election Commission of India Information bullet released by the Lok Sabha Category:Vice-presidential elections in India India Category:August 2012 in India