The election and the counting of votes for the vice presidential poll will be held on September 9.
The EC notification said the last date for filing nominations is August 21 and the documents will be scrutinised on August 22.
The last date for the withdrawal of nomination is August 25.
The vice president’s post fell vacant on July 21 after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned on the first day of the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament. Dhankhar, whose term was set to end in August 2027, cited health reasons for his decision.
As per the constitutional provisions, in case of a mid-term poll, the incumbent gets a full five-year term.
Election process
The vice presidential election will be held as per the system of Proportional Representation as mentioned in Article 66 (1) of the Constitution. It provides for the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.
The elector has to mark preferences against the names of the candidates.
Eligibility criteria
- Must be a citizen of India
- Minimum age: 35 years
- Qualified for election as a member of the Rajya Sabha
- Does not hold any office of profit under the government of India or a state government or any subordinate local authority.
NDA strength
The vice president is elected by the MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Nominated members of the Upper House are also eligible to vote.
The 543-member Lok Sabha has one vacant seat — Basirhat in West Bengal. There are five vacancies in the 245-member Rajya Sabha.
The effective strength of both the Houses together is 786. A candidate would need 394 votes to win the vice presidential election.
In the present scenario, the ruling NDA has a comfortable edge over the Opposition in the Parliament.
The BJP-led NDA has 293 MPs in the Lok Sabha and the support of 129 members in the Rajya Sabha, assuming that the nominated members vote in support of the NDA nominee. Thus, the NDA alliance has the strength of 422 members.
