2022 Indian vice presidential election

An election for Vice-President of India was held on 6 August 2022. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India. Article 56(1) of the Constitution of India provides that the Vice President of India shall remain in office for a period of five years and held on 6 August 2022. The winner of this election was Jagdeep Dhankhar who replaced Venkaiah Naidu as Vice President of India.

On 16 July 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar the then serving Governor of West Bengal was nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by the BJP. On 17 July 2022, Margaret Alva was announced as the vice-presidential candidate by the United Progressive Alliance and some non-UPA Parties. Hence, Jagdeep Dhankhar won the election by 528 votes defeating the United Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.

## Candidates

|Name|Born|Alliance|Positions held|Home state|Date announced|class="unsortable"|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jagdeep Dhankhar|Kithana, Rajasthan|National Democratic Alliance|*Governor of West Bengal (2019-2022) *Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1990-91) *Lok Sabha MP from Jhunjhunu (1989-91) *Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Kishangarh (1993-98)|Rajasthan|16 July 2022|||
|Margaret Alva|Mangaluru, Karnataka|United Progressive Alliance|*Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka (1974-1998) *Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1984-1985, 1993-1996) *Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (1985-1989) *Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (1991-1996) *Lok Sabha MP from Kanara (1999-2004) *Governor of Rajasthan (2012-2014) *Governor of Uttarakhand (2009-2012) *Governor of Gujarat (2014) *Governor of Goa (2014)|Karnataka|17 July 2022|||

## Results

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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes

!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes

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|align="left"|Jagdeep Dhankhar||align="left"|BJP || 528 || 74.37%
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|align="left"|Margaret Alva||align="left"|INC || 182 || 25.63%
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! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||710 ||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||15 ||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout|| 725||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||55 ||
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|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors|| 780|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
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## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2022 Indian Vice Presidential election
- **country**: India
- **type**: Presidential
- **ongoing**: No
- **turnout**: 92.91%
- **previous election**: 2017 Indian vice presidential election
- **previous year**: 2017
- **next election**: 2027 Indian vice-presidential election
- **next year**: 2027
- **election date**: 6 August 2022
- **image1**: File:Governor of West Bengal Jagdeep Dhankhar with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi (cropped).jpg
- **nominee1**: **Jagdeep Dhankhar**
- **alliance1**: National Democratic Alliance
- **party1**: Bharatiya Janata Party
- **home state1**: Rajasthan
- **electoral vote1**: **528**
- **percentage1**: **74.37%**
- **image2**: File:The_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha,_Shri_Somnath_Chatterjee_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_Orientation_Programme_for_the_media_persons_accredited_to_the_press_gallery_of_Lok_Sabha,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28,_2006_(cropped).jpg
- **nominee2**: Margaret Alva
- **alliance2**: United Progressive Alliance
- **party2**: Indian National Congress
- **home state2**: Karnataka
- **electoral vote2**: 182
- **percentage2**: 25.63%
- **title**: Vice President of India, Vice President
- **before election**: Venkaiah Naidu
- **before party**: Bharatiya Janata Party
- **after election**: Jagdeep Dhankhar
- **after party**: Bharatiya Janata Party
- **seats before1**: 516
- **seats before2**: 244