Vice- President

Article 63: there shall be a Vice-President of India

Article 64: shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of the States (Rajya Sabha)

• 2nd highest constitutional office
• is modeled on the lines of the American VP office
• Work as chairman of Rajya Sabha

Article 66: Election

• Single transferable vote
• indirectly by the electoral college
• only MOP(both elected and nominated) are the electorate
• secret ballot
• >35 years
• 20 electors as proposers and 20 electors as seconders

Election Dispute

• decided by the Supreme Court whose decision shall be final.

Oath

• By President or some person appointed by him.

Removal of  VP

• effective majority

**16th Vice-Presidential Election, 2022

**S Radhakrishnan, the First Vice-President, was elected President in 1962

PYQs

Consider the following statements:

1.  The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are not members of that House.

2. While the nominated members of the two Houses of the Parliament have no voting right in the presidential election, they have the right to vote in the election of the Vice President.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [CSE 2013]

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2