Election Commission today issued the notification for filing the nomination for the Vice-Presidential election. Nominations for the office of vice president can be filed till 21st of August and election will be held on 9th of September.
The election is necessitated following resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the post of Vice-President last month. This will be the 17th Vice Presidential election. The Vice-President is elected by an Electoral College, which consists of the members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.
As per the notification, interested candidates can file their nominations by 21st of this month. The Scrutiny of the nominations will take place on the 22nd August while the last date of the withdrawal of candidature will be 25th of this month. The counting of the votes will be held on 9th September.