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Download Solution PDFWho has been elected the 14th Vice President of India?
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Download Solution PDFCorrect Answer Jagdeep Dhankhar
Key Points:
- Jagdeep Dhankhar is an Indian politician who is the elected 14th Vice President of India.
- He served as the Governor of West Bengal and also a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
- He served as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Chandrashekhar Mantralaya.
- He won the 2022 election with 74.37% of the votes and recorded the highest election-win margin since the 1992 election.
- Earlier, the 13th Vice President of India was Venkaiah Naidu.
Additional Information:Vice President
- In India, the post of Vice President is the second highest post in the executive after the President.
- The Vice President of India also takes part in the legislative business as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
- The Vice-President shall be elected by the members of the electoral college consisting of the members of both the Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and voting at such election shall be secret.
- The Vice-President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of either House of the Legislature of a State and if a member of either House of Parliament or of either House of the Legislature of a State is elected Vice-President, he shall be deemed to He has vacated his seat in that House from the date of his assumption of office as Vice-President.
- A person shall be eligible to be elected Vice-President only if he-
- is a citizen of India,
- has completed the age of 35 years
- is qualified to be elected a member of the Council of States.
- Any person who holds any office of profit under the Government of India or under the Government of any State or under any local or other authority under the control of any of the said Governments shall not be eligible for election as Vice-President.
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