2022 Indian vice presidential election

The election for the 14th vice president of India was held on 6 August 2022. The announcement was made by the Election Commission of India. Article 67 of the Constitution of India provides that the vice president of India shall remain in office for a period of five years. The winner of this election was Jagdeep Dhankhar, who succeeded Venkaiah Naidu as vice president on 11 August 2022. On 16 July 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar, the then-serving Governor of West Bengal, was nominated as a vice-presidential candidate by the BJP. On 17 July 2022, Margaret Alva was announced as the vice-presidential candidate by the UO and some non-UO Parties. Hence, Jagdeep Dhankhar won the election with 528 electoral votes, defeating the United Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. It was the vice-presidential election with the largest margin of victory since the 1992.