Vice Presidential Election : Polling on 9th September, 2025

Early vice presidential elections will be held in India on 9 September 2025 following the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar due to health concerns. Notification.PDF

Contesting Candidates :

• Buchireddy Sudershan Reddy
• Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan

Returning Officer : 

P. C. Mody, 

Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi, 

Observers:

• Shri Sushil Kumar Lohani, IAS (OD:1995), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj.

• Shri D. Anandan, IAS (SK: 2000), Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure

Polling : 09.09.2025 @ 10am to 5pm

Counting of Votes : 09.09.2025 @ 6:00pm

Venue : 

Room No. F-101, Vasudha, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi

1. Who elects the Vice-President of India?

Answer: The Vice-President is elected by an Electoral College, which consists of the members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha (both elected and nominated members) [Article 66 of the Constitution of India]

2. How is the value of votes of members of the Electoral College calculated?

Answer: As per Article 66 of the Constitution of India, the Vice-President 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 2025, 17th Vice-Presidential Election, the Electoral College consists of:

(i) 233 elected members of Rajya Sabha (Presently 05 seats are vacant),

(ii) 12 nominated members of Rajya Sabha, and

(iii) 543 elected members of Lok Sabha (Presently 01 seat is vacant).

Electoral College comprises of a total of 788 members (Presently, 782 members) of both Houses of Parliament. Since, all the electors are members of both Houses of Parliament, the value of vote of each Member of Parliament would be same i.e. 1 (one).