Important Details Related to Vice-President

The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting in such election is by secret ballot. The Electoral College to elect a person to the office of the Vice-President consists of all members of both Houses of Parliament.The Vice-President should not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of a Legislature of any state. If a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of a Legislature of any state is elected as Vice-President, he is deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date he/she enters his office as Vice- president.

A person cannot be elected as Vice-President unless she/he is a citizen of India and has completed the age of 35 years is qualified for election as a member of the Council of States (RajyaSabha). he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or a State Government or any subordinate local authority

Removal of Vice President

The Constitution states that the Vice President can be removed by a resolution of the RajyaSabha passed by an absolute majority (more than 50% of total membership) and agreed to by a simple majority (50% of voting members) of the LokSabha (Article 67(a)).

1. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	13 May 1952	12 May 1962
2. Dr. Zakir Hussain	13 May 1962	12 May 1967
3. Sh. Varahagiri Venkata Giri	13 May 1967	3 May 1969
4. Gopal Swarup Pathak	31 August 1969	30 August 1974
5. Basappa Danappa Jatti	31 August 1974	30 August 1979
6. Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah	31 August 1979	30 August 1984
7. Ramaswamy Venkataraman	31 August 1984	24 July 1987
8. Shankar Dayal Sharma	3 September 1987	24 July 1992
9. Kocheril Raman Narayanan	21 August 1992	24 July 1997
10. Krishan Kant	21 August 1997	27 July 2002
11. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	19 August 2002	21 July 2007
12. Mohammad Hamid Ansari	11 August 2007	Till now