Vice President Election: Polls To Elect Venkaiah Naidu's Successor On August 6

The term of the incumbent vice president, Venkaiah Naidu, will end on August 10.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu

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The election for post of vice president of India will be held on August 6, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. Counting of votes will be held on the same day. The term of the incumbent vice president, Venkaiah Naidu, will end in August. The vice president also serves as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

The notification for the election will be issued on July 5 and the last date for filing of nomination papers will be July 19. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on July 20 and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is July 22.

Members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, form the electoral college for electing the vice president.

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The schedule for the vice presidential election was finalised at a meeting of Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey.

Naidu, who became the southern face of the BJP, was made vice president in 2017 following a long career in active politics. 

In the 2017 polls, Naidu defeated the Opposition candidate and former Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi by a margin of 272 votes. Naidu secured 516 votes as against 244 got by Gandhi.

Naidu served as Union minister for Urban Development in the PM Modi Cabinet. He has also served as the BJP national president from 2002 to 2004. Earlier, Naidu was the Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee NDA government.