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List of Vice Presidents of India

The Vice President of India is the deputy to the President of India and this office ranks second in order of precedence and first in line of succession to the presidency. The Vice President is also a member of Parliament of India as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. When a bill is introduced in the Rajya Sabha it is the Vice President who decides whether it is a money bill or not. The Vice President is elected indirectly by members of an electoral college comprising members of both Houses of Parliament and not the members of the state legislative assemblies. The election is done by the system of proportional representation using single transferable votes and the voting is conducted by the Election Commission of India using a secret ballot. Sarvepalli Radhakrishna was the first Vice President of India and served from May 13 1952 to 12 May 1962 before he took over as President. India has had 13 Vice Presidents and currently the post is held by Venkaiah Naidu.

Vice Presidents List

Vice President From To
Jagdeep Dhankhar 11 August 2022 Incumbent
Venkaiah Naidu 11 August 2017 10 August 2022
Mohammad Hamid Ansari 11 August 2007 10 August 2012
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 19 August 2002 21 July 2007
Krishan Kant 21 August 1997 27 July 2002
K. R. Narayanan 21 August 1992 24 July 1997
Shankar Dayal Sharma 3 September 1987 24 July 1992
Ramaswamy Venkataraman 31 August 1984 24 July 1987
Mohammad Hidayatullah 31 August 1979 30 August 1984
B. D. Jatti 31 August 1974 30 August 1979
Vice President From To
Gopal Swarup Pathak 31 August 1969 30 August 1974
V. V. Giri 13 May 1967 3 May 1969
Zakir Husain 13 May 1962 12 May 1967
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1952 12 May 1957
Disclaimer:

This page contains historical election results sourced from the Election Commission of India (ECI). It is for archival and informational purposes only and does not represent current or ongoing election updates. The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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