Indian Vice-Presidential election, 2017 - wikipedia Indian Vice-Presidential election, 2017 Indian vice-presidential election, 2017 ← 2012 5 August 2017 2022 → Turnout 98.21 Nominee Venkaiah Naidu Gopal Krishna Gandhi Party BJP Independent Alliance NDA UPA Home state Andhra Pradesh Delhi Electoral vote 516 244 Percentage 67.89 % 32.11 % Vice President before election Mohammad Hamid Ansari INC Elected Vice President Venkaiah Naidu BJP The elections to the next Vice-President of India, were held on 5 August 2017. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India. Rajya Sabha Secretary - General Shumsher K. Sheriff served as the Returning Officer for the 15th Vice-Presidential election. Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, completed his second term on 10 August 2017. Venkaiah Naidu won the election and took oath as 13th Vice-President of India on 11 August 2017 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. Contents 1 Background 2 Election process 3 Candidates 3.1 NDA Candidate 3.2 UPA Candidate 4 Results 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Background Outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari The Vice President of India is the exofficio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha ( upper house of the Indian parliament ) and functions as its speaker. He also assumes the post of the President of India in case a vacancy and stays in the post for a maximum period of six months and performs all the functions of the President. The Vice President also has a term of five years. During the election, the outgoing vice president was Mohammad Hamid Ansari. He was elected to the post in 2007 and re-elected in 2012. His term ends on 10th August 2017. The Election Commission of India announced that the election would be held on 5th August and the result would be declared on the same day. vice Election process The Vice President is elected by an electoral college which includes members of the Rajya Sabha ( the upper house of Indian parliament ) and the members of the Lok Sabha ( lower house of the Indian parliament ). The nominated members of the mentioned houses are also eligible to vote in the election process. In the election, voting will be done by a secret ballot and the members of parliament will use a `` special pen '' to mark their preference. For the 2017 election, the electoral college consists of Rajya Sabha members : 233 elected and 12 nominated Lok Sabha members : 543 elected and 2 nominated. Candidates A candidate participating in the election needs the support of at least 20 electors who would be the proposers of the candidate and needs to get another additional support of at least 20 seconders. The candidate also has to deposit ₹ 15000 ( $233 ) as a security deposit. Two candidates were nominated for the election. One candidate was nominated by the National Democratic Alliance and another by United Progressive Alliance. NDA candidate Venkaiah Naidu was nominated by National Democratic Alliance. He was the then Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation of India. He had also served as a party president of Bharatiya Janata Party. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Naidu was a `` fitting candidate '' for the post. According to Indian Express leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party felt that if Naidu got elected then it would act as a morale booster for the party in south Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Besides the parties of the NDA, YSR Congress party, AIADMK and Telangana Rashtra Samiti parties also pledged to support Naidu. News18 wrote that Naidu was expected to get 489 votes compared to 394 votes required to win the election. Name Born Current or previous positions State Announced Ref Venkaiah Naidu ( 1949 - 07 - 01 ) 1 July 1949 ( age 68 ) Nellore, Andhra Pradesh Minister of Information and Broadcasting ( 2016 -- 2017 ) Minister of Urban Development ( 2014 -- 2017 ) Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation ( 2014 -- 2017 ) Minister of Rural Development ( 2000 -- 2002 ) Rajya Sabha Member from Karnataka ( 1998 - 2016 ) Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly ( 1978 - 1983 ) President of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( 2002 -- 2004 ) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs ( 2014 -- 2016 ) Andhra Pradesh 18 July 2017 Upa candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the candidate nominated by the United Progressive Alliance and had the support of 18 opposition parties. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari, two prominent figures of Indian freedom movement. A former diplomat, Gandhi is an alumni of St. Stephen 's College and has also served as India 's envoy to Sri Lanka, Norway and South Africa. He has also held the post of Governor of West Bengal and presided over the state during Nandigram violence. Gandhi had the support of Indian National Congress, Janata Dal ( United ), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Nationalist Congress Party and the Left Front. Name Born Current or previous positions State Announced Ref Gopalkrishna Gandhi ( 1946 - 04 - 22 ) 22 April 1946 ( age 71 ) Delhi 24th Governor of West Bengal ( 2004 -- 2009 ) Delhi 11 July 2017 Results Following the election, Venkaiah Naidu was elected 13th Vice-President of India. He has sworn - in to the office on 11 August 2017. Of 790 seats in Parliament, 5 seats were vacant during the election. e d Results of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2017 Candidate Party Electoral Votes % of Votes Venkaiah Naidu BJP 516 67.89 Gopalkrishna Gandhi Independent 244 32.11 Total 760 100.00 Valid Votes 760 96.82 Invalid Votes 11 1.40 Turnout 771 98.22 Abstentions 14 1.78 Electors 785 See also List of Vice-Presidents of India Indian presidential election, 2017 References Jump up ^ `` Election to the Office of the Vice-President, 2017 ( 15th Vice-Presidential Election ) ''. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Terms of the Houses ''. eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India / National Informatics Centre. Retrieved May 23, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Vice President -- Election, Powers and Functions ''. OM ABC. Retrieved 24 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` How the Vice-President of India is elected : Know what it will take Venkaiah Naidu or Gopalkrishna Gandhi to win ''. Financial Express. Retrieved 24 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Election Commission issues notification for vice president polls ''. New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` What is the procedure to elect the vice president : All you need to know ''. Indian Express. Retrieved 26 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Vice-Presidential Election 2017 : Venkaiah Naidu is NDA 's nominee, to take on Opposition 's Gopalkrishna Gandhi ''. First Post. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Keeping Rajya Sabha and South in mind, NDA names Venkaiah for vice-president ''. Indian Express. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Venkaiah Naidu vs Gopalkrishna Gandhi : Here 's How the 13th Vice President of India Will be Elected Today ''. News18. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Venkaiah Naidu files his nomination for vice-president ''. Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2017. Jump up ^ `` Indian Presidential Election 2017 : Who Is Gopalkrishna Gandhi ? Vice President Candidate Known For Straight Talk ''. NDTV. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Vice-Presidential Election LIVE updates : Counting begins, 98 per cent polling recorded ''. Indian Express. Retrieved 5 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Eye On Nitish Kumar, Opposition Picks Gopalkrishna Gandhi For Vice-President ''. NDTV. Retrieved 21 July 2017. Jump up ^ Venkaiah Naidu To Become 13th Vice-President of India External links Vice-presidential elections in India 1952 1957 1962 1967 1969 1979 1984 2002 2007 2012 2017 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_vice-presidential_election,_2017&oldid=801398571 '' Categories : 2017 elections in India August 2017 events in Asia Vice-presidential elections in India Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Elections using electoral votes Talk Contents About Wikipedia भोजपुरी ગુજરાતી ಕನ್ನಡ Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 12 : 35. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who is the newly elected vice president of india
Answer: Venkaiah Naidu