New Delhi : Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday that the election to the office of the Vice President will be held on August 6 and if needed the counting will be held on the same day it said. The notification for the election to decide the successor of incumbent Vice President Venkaiah Naidu wthe incumbent Vice Preside.
The incumbent Vice President of India is Venkaiah Naidu whose term will end on August 10 .
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22.
The schedule for the vice-presidential election was finalised at a meeting of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey.
The vice president of India, who also serves as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, is elected by the members of the electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
For the 16th Vice Presidential Election, the electoral college consists of 233 elected members of Rajya Sabha, 12 nominated members of Rajya Sabha, and 543 elected members of Lok Sabha, the ECI said in a press note.
By Nilanchal Naik
