List of vice presidents of India

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Script error: No such module "Sidebar". Script error: No such module "Multiple image". The vice president of India is the second highest constitutional office in the government of India after the president. In accordance with Article 63 of the Constitution of India, the vice president discharges the functions of the president when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death, impeachment or the inability of the president to discharge their functions. They are also the ex officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[1][2]

The vice president is elected by an electoral college consisting of all members of both houses of the Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote via a secret ballot conducted by the Election Commission of India. Once elected the vice president continues in office for a five-year term, but can continue in office irrespective of the expiry of the term, until a successor assumes office.[3] They can be removed by a resolution passed by an effective majority in the Rajya Sabha.[4] They are responsible for the protection of the rights and privileges of the members of the Council of States. They also decide whether a bill introduced in the Rajya Sabha is a financial bill.[1] There have been 14 vice presidents since the inception of the post in 1950. The first vice president of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 May 1952.[5] He later served as the president.[6] Following the death of Zakir Husain in 1969, Varahagiri Venkata Giri resigned from the post of vice president to contest the presidential election and got elected.[7] Out of 14 vice presidents, six of them later went on to become the president.[7] Krishan Kant has been the only one to die during his tenure.[8] M. Venkaiah Naidu[9] is the first vice president to be born after Independent India is formed.

On 11 August 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar took office as the vice president.[10]

List

This list is numbered based on vice presidents elected after winning an Indian vice presidential election. The vice president of India does not represent any political party. The colors used in the table indicate the following:


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# Portrait Name
(Lifespan)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Home state Term of office
Duration in years and daysScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Mandate Prior positions held Party President
(Tenure)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1888Template:Ndash1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tamil Nadu Template:Dts Template:Dts 1952
(Unopposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Independent Rajendra Prasad
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Template:Dts Template:Dts 1957
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Educationist and former diplomat. Elected as the vice president of India on 13 May 1952 following the creation of the position and also became the first ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Re-elected for a second term in 1957 and continued to serve in office until being elected as the President in 1962.
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Zakir Husain, 2nd Vice President of India.jpg Zakir Husain
(1897Template:Ndash1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Andhra Pradesh Template:Dts Template:Dts 1962
(95.3%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Independent Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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Educationist and former governor of Bihar. Elected as the vice president in the 1962 election defeating N. C. Samantsinhar. First Muslim to be elected as vice president. Received the Bharat Ratna during vice presidency in 1963 and briefly served as acting president in 1965 during the period of President Radhakrishnan's visit to United Kingdom to perform cataract surgery and during that period, imposed President's rule in Kerala. Relinquished office after being elected president in 1967.
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Varahagiri Venkata Giri, 3rd Vice President of India.jpg V. V. Giri
(1894Template:Ndash1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Odisha Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] 1967
(71.45%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Independent Zakir Husain
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Labour leader, former union minister and former governor. Elected as the vice president in the 1967 election defeating Mohammad Habib. Became acting president following the death of President Zakir Husain on 3 May 1969 and thereupon resigned from the vice presidency. First vice president to not complete full term in office.
Position vacant (Template:Dts Template:Ndash Template:Dts)

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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Gopal Swarup Pathak1.jpg Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1896Template:Ndash1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Uttar Pradesh Template:Dts Template:Dts 1969
(52.7%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Independent V. V. Giri
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Former union minister and governor. Elected as the vice president in 1969 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of his predecessor V. V. Giri by defeating six other candidates. Retired upon completion of tenure in 1974. First vice president to not get elected as president. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Basappa Danappa Jatti, 5th Vice President of India.jpg B. D. Jatti
(1912Template:Ndash2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Karnataka Template:Dts Template:Dts 1974
(78.7%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Indian National Congress
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Former chief minister of Mysore and former governor. Elected as the vice president in 1974 defeating his nearest rival Niral Enem Horo. Became acting president on 11 February 1977 following the demise of president Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and served in the acting capacity till the election of Neelam Sanjiva Reddy in July 1977. Retired as vice president upon completion of tenure in 1979. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Mohammad Hidayatullah, 6th Vice President of India.jpg Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1905Template:Ndash1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Madhya Pradesh Template:Dts Template:Dts 1979
(Unopposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Independent
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Former chief justice of the Supreme Court and former acting president. Elected unopposed as the vice president in 1979 and became the only individual to have served on the top three constitutional positions in the nation, i.e. the President, Vice President and Chief Justice. Briefly acted as acting president in 1982 during the period of medical absence of President Zail Singh. Retired as vice president upon completion of tenure in 1984. Giani Zail Singh
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ramaswamy Venkataraman (2012 stamp of India) (cropped).jpg Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910Template:Ndash2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Tamil Nadu Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] 1984
(71.05%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Indian National Congress
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Former union minister. Elected as the vice president in 1984 after defeating B. C. Kamble in the vice presidential election. As vice president, he played important role in being deputed for president on making diplomatic visits and acting as a mediator for then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and president Zail Singh. Resigned from the vice presidency on the eve of assuming office as the President on 25 July 1987.
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1918Template:Ndash1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Madhya Pradesh Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] 1987
(Unopposed)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Indian National Congress Ramaswamy Venkataraman
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Former union minister. Elected unopposed as the vice president in 1987 to fill the vacancy caused by the election of then vice president Ramasamy Venkataraman as the President. Offered to resign in 1988 after his decision, as ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha, to admit a discussion in the house of the purported extravagance of the then governor of Andhra Pradesh was vociferously objected to by members of the government and several ministers of the council of ministers led the protests against his ruling. In 1991, he was offered the presidency of Congress Party and later the premiership after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, both offers were declined by him. He resigned as the vice president in 1992 after being elected as the President.
Position vacant (Template:Dts Template:Ndash Template:Dts)

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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg K. R. Narayanan
(1920Template:Ndash2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Kerala Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] 1992
(99.86%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Indian National Congress Shankar Dayal Sharma
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Former diplomat and former union minister. Elected as the vice president in 1992 defeating his rival candidate Kaka Joginder Singh. First Dalit vice president of India. Resigned from the vice presidency in 1997 after being elected as the President.
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Krishan Kant, 10th Vice President of India.jpg Krishan Kant
(1927Template:Ndash2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Punjab Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] 1997
(61.76%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Janata Dal K. R. Narayanan
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Former parliamentarian and former governor. Elected as the vice president in 1997 defeating his rival candidate Surjit Singh Barnala of the Shiromani Akali Dal. While serving as vice-president during the 2001 Parliament attack, terrorists used fake labels to gain access to the premises and they crashed into his car. Died in office on 27 July 2002, becoming the first and only vice president to die in office.
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:BS Shekhawat.jpg Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1925Template:Ndash2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Rajasthan Template:Dts Template:Dts<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[RES] 2002
(59.82%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bharatiya Janata Party A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Former chief minister of Rajasthan. Elected as the vice president in 2002 defeating his rival candidate Sushilkumar Shinde of the Indian National Congress. First-ever from BJP to be elected as vice president. Nominated as the opposition candidate against Pratibha Patil in the 2007 presidential election in which he was defeated becoming first ever vice president to be defeated in presidential election. Resigned from the vice presidency on 21 July 2007 after being defeated in the presidential election.
Position vacant (Template:Dts Template:Ndash Template:Dts)

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rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:The Vice President, Shri Shri M. Hamid Ansari during the release of his book ‘Citizen and Society’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2016.jpg Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(born 1937)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		West Bengal Template:Dts Template:Dts 2007
(60.50%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Indian National Congress Pratibha Patil
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Pranab Mukherjee
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Former diplomat. Elected as the vice president in 2007 defeating his rival candidates Najma Heptulla of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Rasheed Masood of the Samajwadi Party. Re-elected to office for a second term in 2012 by defeating his rival candidate Jaswant Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party. First and only vice president since Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to be re-elected to office and the longest-serving vice president. Retired from office upon completion of tenure on 11 August 2017, becoming the first vice president to serve under three presidents.
rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Venkaiah Naidu official portrait.jpg Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
(born 1949) 		Andhra Pradesh Template:Dts Template:Dts 2017
(67.89%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bharatiya Janata Party
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Former union minister and parliamentarian. Elected as the vice president in 2017 defeating his rival candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi of the Indian National Congress. First vice president to be born after independence. Made several state visits during tenure as vice president and received the Commander of the Template:Ill of the Comoros during his visit to the Comoros in 2019. Tenure also marked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Retired from office upon completion of tenure in 2022. Droupadi Murmu
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rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar 14th Vice President of India.png Jagdeep Dhankhar
(born 1951) 		Rajasthan Template:Dts Incumbent 2022
(74.37%)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Bharatiya Janata Party
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Former union minister, parliamentarian and governor. Elected as the vice president in 2022 defeating his rival candidate Margaret Alva of the Indian National Congress. First vice president to be born after India's becoming a republic in 1950. Currently serving in office.

Statistics

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Timeline

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from: 13/05/1952 till: 12/05/1962 color:IND text:"Radhakrishnan" fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1962 till: 12/05/1967 color:IND text:"Husain"  fontsize:10
from: 13/05/1967 till: 03/05/1969 color:IND text:"Giri" fontsize:10
from: 31/08/1969 till: 30/08/1974 color:IND text:"Pathak" fontsize:10
from: 31/08/1974 till: 30/08/1979 color:INC text:"Jatti" fontsize:10
from: 31/08/1979 till: 30/08/1984 color:IND text:"Hidayatullah" fontsize:10
from: 31/08/1984 till: 24/07/1987 color:INC text:"Venkataraman" fontsize:10
from: 03/09/1987 till: 24/07/1992 color:INC text:"Sharma" fontsize:10
from: 21/08/1992 till: 24/07/1997 color:INC text:"Narayanan" fontsize:10
from: 21/08/1997 till: 27/07/2002 color:JD text:"Kant" fontsize:10
from: 19/08/2002 till: 21/07/2007 color:BJP text:"Shekhawat" fontsize:10
from: 11/08/2007 till: 10/08/2017 color:INC text:"Ansari" fontsize:10
from: 11/08/2017 till: 10/08/2022 color:BJP text:"Naidu" fontsize:10
from: 11/08/2022 till: end color:BJP text:"Dhankhar" fontsize:10

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See also

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References

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