How is the Vice President of India elected
The value of each vote in the Vice-Presidential election is one.
The Vice President election which is being held today will witness a contest between the NDA's Venkaiah Naidu and UPA's Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
The
election
process
is
similar
to
the
one
deployed
in
the
presidential
poll.
The
VP
too
is
elected
by
the
electoral
college
comprising
members
of
the
both
houses
of
Parliament.
However
the
only
difference
is
that
in
the
VP
election
the
members
of
the
state
legislature
are
not
part
of
the
electoral
college.
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According to the Election Commission, the Electoral College for this year's election consists of the following members:
- From Rajya Sabha: 233 elected and 12 nominated members
- From Lok Sabha, 543 elected and 2 nominated.
- The total members in the Electoral College are 790
Vote value:
The value of each vote in the Vice-Presidential election is one. Ballot paper, containing names of the contesting candidate, is used for the election. The ballot paper doesn't contain any party symbol. It has two columns - one containing the name of the candidate and the second for marking the order of preference.
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