The 2007 Indian vice-presidential election was held on 10 August 2007 to elect

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to serve from 2007 until 2012.

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from

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did not seek reelection and instead ran for

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in 2007 election, where he lost to

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. He subsequently resigned from VP post days before Patil's inauguration.

Background

The term of vice-president of India is 5 years, as term of

was up to 18 August 2007, an election was needed to elect his successor.

Electoral college

The electoral college consists of, all 245

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members and all 545

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members, a total of 790 voters.

Officers

Returning Officer : Dr. Yogendra Narain, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha
Assistant Returning Officers : N.C. Joshi & Ravi Kant Chopra

Result

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Rasheed Masood Rasheed Masood (15 August 1947 – 5 October 2020) was an Indian politician who was a 9 time MP, 5 time Lok Sabha and 4 time Rajya Sabha member and was an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress party and a member of the L ...

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References

External links

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