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Article63:ThereshallbeavicePresidentofIndia.
Article64:TheVicePresidentshallbetheexofficioChairmanoftheRajyaSabha.
Note:TheVicePresidentislikeacounterpartoftheSpeakeroftheLokSabha.
Article65:TheVicePresidentshallactasthePresidentintheeventofavacancyinthe
officeofthePresidentbyreasonofhisdeath,resignationorremovalorotherwise.
At the time of acting as the President or discharging the functions of the President the
VicePresidentshallnotperformthedutiesoftheChairmanofRajyaSabha.(Article64).
Article66:QualificationsfortheelectionofVicePresident
Article 66 (1): The Vice President is elected by an electoral college consisting of the
members of the two houses of the Parliament in accordance with the system of
proportionalrepresentationbymeansofasingletransferablevote.
AsittingVicePresidentiseligibleforreelection.
Article67:ThetermofofficeoftheVicePresidentis5years
Theofficemaybeterminatedbyresignationorremoval.
Aformalimpeachmentisnotrequired.
TheelectiontotheofficeoftheVicePresidenthastobecompletedbeforetheexpiration
oftheterm.

Article68:thisarticletalkaboutthetimeofholdingtheelectionstofillvacancyinthe

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Article68:thisarticletalkaboutthetimeofholdingtheelectionstofillvacancyinthe
officeofVicePresidentandthetermofofficeoftheVicePresidenttofillcasualvacancy
Article69:OathoftheVicePresident
Article70:DischargeofthefunctionsofthePresidentinothercontingencies
Article71:DisputesrelatedtotheelectionoftheVicePresidentcanbechallengedonly
inSupremeCourt

ELECTION:
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1. VP is elected indirectly by the members of an electoral college consisting of the
membersofbothLoksabhaandRajyasabha.(Itincludesnominatedmembersalso).
2.Electionisheldinaccordancewiththesystemofproportionalrepresentationbymeans
ofthesingletransferablevoteandthevotingisbysecretballot.
QUALIFICATIONS:
ShouldbeacitizenofIndia.
Shouldhavecompleted35yearsofage.
Shouldnotholdanyofficeofprofit
ShouldbequalifiedforelectionasamemberoftheRajyaSabha.

SittingPresidentorVicePresidentoftheunion,theGovernorofanystateandaminister
oftheunionoranystateisnotdeemedtoholdanyofficeofprofitandhencequalifiedfor
beingacandidateforvicePresident.
Nominationfortheelectionmustbesubscribedbyatleast20electorsasproposersand20
electorsasseconders.
Contestingcandidatehastomakeasecuritydepositof15,000/.
OATH:
TheoathofofficetotheVPisadministeredbythePresidentorsomepersonappointedby
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him.
TERM:5years.
RESIGNATION:SubmitstheresignationlettertothePresidentofIndia.

REMOVAL:14daysadvancenoticeshouldbegiven.TheVicePresidentisremovedby
aresolutionoftheRajyaSabhapassedbymajorityofallthethenmembersofthecouncil
andagreedtobytheHouseofthePeople.
ThereasonsfortheremovaloftheVicePresidentarenotmentionedintheConstitution.
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REELECTION: Sitting Vice President can be reelected to the office any number of
terms.SofaronlythefirstVPofIndiaDr.S.Radhakrishananwastheonlypersonwho
gotelectedtotheofficeofVPfortwoterms.
Note:ThesittingVicePresidentHamidAnsarireelectedtotheofficeforthesecondterm
intheyear2012.
VACANCY:
1.Ontheexpiryofterm5years.
2.Bydeath
3.Byresignation
4.Byremovalfromtheoffice
5.Otherwise
Incaseofvacancytheelectionmustbeheldassoonaspossible.ThenewlyelectedVP
remainsinofficeforafulltermof5yearsfromthedateofassumingcharges.
ELECTIONDISPUTES:(Article71)
TheelectiondisputesinrelationwithelectionoftheVicePresidentareenquiredintoand
decidedbytheSupremeCourt.ThedecisionofSupremeCourtisfinalandexclusive.
FUNCTIONSoftheVicePresident:
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1.ActsastheexofficiochairmanofRajyaSabha.
2. Acts as the President in the absence of the President due to death, resignation, and
removalorotherwise.
The VicePresident while acting as the President does not perform the duties of the
ChairmanofRajyaSabha.
SALARYANDEMOLUMENTS:
1.SalaryisdrawninthecapacityofChairmanofRajyaSabha.
2.Drawsasalaryof1,25,000/.
3.Entitledtofreeresidence,Dailyallowance,medicalandotherallowances.
4.WhileactingasthePresidentofIndiaheisentitledtodrawthesalaryofthePresident
andnotthatofChairmanofRajyaSabha.

VICEPRESIDENTSOFINDIA
Dr.SarvepalliRadhakrishnan19521962

Dr.ZakirHussain19621967

VarahagiriVenkataGiri19671969

GopalSwarupPathak19691974

B.D.Jatti19741979

MohammaedHidayatullah19791984

R.Venkataraman19841987

Dr.ShankarDayalSharma19871992

K.R.Narayan19921997
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KrishanKant19972002

BhaironSinghSekhawat20022007

Mohd.HamidAnsari2007tilldate(2ndterm)

MISCELLANEOUS:
In the VP elections that was held in August 2012 a candidate by name Narendranath
DubeyAjigsaidtobearesidentofVaranasi(UP)fakedthesignaturesof40MPsfrom
AP.ThemattercametolightwhentheMPswerecontactedbytheelectionofficetocross
checkwhethertheyhadextendedsupport.TheMPsapproachedtheLokSabhaSecretary
Generalandtheelectionofficetoappraisethemwhathadtranspired.Onthecomplained
lodged by an MP Ponnam Prabhakar the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police
registeredanFIRonDecember13,2012.

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Pushpa 2yearsago

HelloSir,
Doestheword"Shall"inarticle63meanthatthereshouldalwaysbeaVicePresidentofIndiaandthatpositioncan'tbe
vacantasitisinArticle52forPresident?
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BharathKumar>Pushpa ayearago

Shallmeanscompulsion(mandatory)

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chinju>Pushpa ayearago

ithinkso

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ANJANAYADAS ayearago

SirPlzsendmethetotalIndianPolitytopicIfthereisanycopiesofmswordformat
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