The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday announced the schedule for Vice Presidential polls. The voting to elect the 15th Vice President will take place on September 9, a notification issued by the ECI said. The result will be declared on the same day. The last date for nominations for the VP's election is August 21. This election was necessitated due to an abrupt resignation by Jagdeep Dhankhar. VP Dhankhar wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu and cited his deteriorating health as a reason for relinquishing the key post.
Here is the Vice President's election schedule as per the EC notification:
- Issue of Election Commission's notification: August 7, 2025 (Thursday)
- Last date for making nominations: August 21, 2025 (Thursday)
- Date for the scrutiny of nominations: August 22, 2025 (Friday)
- Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures: August 25, 2025 (Monday)
- Date of polling (if necessary): September 9, 2025 (Tuesday)
- Date of counting (if required): September 9, 2025 (Tuesday)
Current number game
As of present, NDA has 293 members in Lok Sabha and 133 members in Rajya Sabha. The overall number of lawmakers is 426. This number is sufficient to elect an NDA-backed candidate as the Vice President. Besides, cross-voting, like in Dhankhar's case, can further increase this number.
List of Indian Vice Presidents
| S.No. | Vice President | Tenure | Home State |
| 1. |
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
May 13, 1952 to May 12, 1962 | Tamil Nadu |
| 2. |
Zakir Hussain |
May 13, 1962 to May 12, 1967 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3. | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | May 13, 1967 to May 3, 1969 | Odisha |
| 4. | Gopal Swarup Pathak | August 31, 1969 to August 30, 1974 | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Basappa Danappa Jatti | August 31, 1974 to August 30, 1979 | Karnataka |
| 6. | Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah | August 31, 1979 to August 30, 1984 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 7. | Ramaswamy Venkataraman | August 31, 1984 to July 24, 1987 | Tamil Nadu |
| 8. | Shankar Dayal Sharma | September 3, 1987 to July 24, 1992 | Madhya Pradesh |
| 9. | Kocheril Raman Narayanan | August 21, 1992 to July 24, 1997 | Kerala |
| 10. | Krishan Kant | August 21, 1997 to July 27, 2002 | Punjab |
| 11. | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | August 19, 2002 to July 21, 2007 | Rajasthan |
| 12. | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | August 11, 2007 to August 10, 2017 | West Bengal |
| 13. | M Venkaiah Naidu | August 11, 2017 to August 10, 2022 | Andhra Pradesh |
| 14. | Jagdeep Dhankhar | August 11, 2022 to July 21, 2025 | Rajasthan |
