So far 16 elections have been held for the post of Vice President of India and only four times the candidates could win unopposed, while two elections were seen to be a multicultural contest. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the Vice President twice from 1952 to 1962 and he won unopposed in the elections both times.

At the same time, in the 1952 election, Nomination was filed by Janab Sheikh Khadir Hussain of Andhra Pradesh, but his nomination papers were rejected, which led to Radhakrishnan the only candidate. In 1979, famous jurist and former Chief Justice of India Mohammad Hidayatullah was elected unopposed Vice President. Hidayatullah has the distinction of working as Chief Justice, Vice President and Acting President.

Hidayatullah became acting President for a month

As the Chief Justice, Hidayatullah worked as a acting President for a month in 1969, when V.V. Giri resigned from the post of acting President and Vice President to contest the presidential election.

After the death of the then President Zakir Hussain on 3 May 1969, Giri took over as the acting President. In 1987, the then Governor of Maharashtra Shankar Dayal Sharma won the Vice President unopposed. 27 people had filed nomination papers for the ninth Vice Presidential election, but the Election Officer found only Sharma’s application valid.

This year, there was a triangular contest in the Vice Presidential election

After that in 1992, in the next Vice Presidential election, K.R. Narayanan got 700 votes out of 701 votes. His opponent Kaka Joginder Singh, also known as ‘Earth Pakan’, got only one vote. A total of 711 votes were cast in the election, out of which 10 were found illegal.

The triangular contest was seen in the Vice Presidential election only in 2007, when UPA candidate M. Hamid Ansari was contesting with NDA candidate Najma Heptullah and third front candidate Rashid Masood. Out of a total of 790 voters in that election, 762 voted, out of which 10 were found illegal. Out of the valid 752 votes, Ansari got 455 votes, Heptulla got 222 and Masood got 75 votes.

VV Giri resigned to contest the presidential election

In 1962, Zakir Hussain won the Vice President against NC Samant Singh by 554 votes. Out of the 745 -member electorate, 596 members cast their votes, out of which 14 were found illegal. In 1967, VV Giri defeated Professor Habib and won the Vice Presidential election.

In 1969, GS Pathak defeated five candidates and became Vice President. That year, elections were held for Giri’s resignation from the post of Vice President to contest the presidential election that year. In 1974, B.K. D. Jatty N. The Vice President won the election by defeating E. Horo. Jatty got 521, while Horo got 141 votes.

BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat also took office

In the year 1984, R.K. Venkataraman won the Vice Presidential election. He got 508 votes out of 715 valid votes. He defeated Bapu Chandrasen Kamble. In 1987, Venkataraman left the post to contest the presidential election and Shankar Dayal Sharma was elected Vice President in that year. In 1997, Krishnakant defeated Surjeet Singh in the Vice Presidential election. Kant got 441 votes, while Singh got 273 votes.

BJP leader Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defeated Congress candidate Sushil Kumar Shinde in the 2002 Vice Presidential election. Shekhawat got 454 votes out of 759 valid votes, while Shinde got 305 votes. In 2007, M Hamid Ansari won the Vice Presidential election and in 2012 the then UPA government fielded him again.

Jagdeep Dhankhar became Vice President after defeating Congress candidate

In 2012, Ansari defeated BJP candidate Jaswant Singh by 490 votes. In 2017, BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu defeated Gopalakrishna Gandhi of Congress -led UPA. Naidu got 516 votes out of 760 valid votes, while Gandhi got 244 votes. In the year 2022, BJP -led NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar defeated Congress -led UPA candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar got 528 votes, while Alva got 182 votes.

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Jagdeep Dhankhar has resigned as Vice President of India on Monday (July 21, 2025), on which Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has now made a statement. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) that the country has the highest number of Telugu speaking people after Hindi. The Vice President of India should be from Telangana.

What did Telangana CM Revanth Reddy say,

CM Revanth Reddy said, ‘I do not know why Dhankhar ji resigned. This is unfortunate, but the Vice President of India should be from Telangana. The last time there was a discussion that Venkaiah Naidu would be made President, but injustice was done and he was sent back from Delhi. A Telugu -speaking person was sent back to his house. Therefore, to fix this, Bandaru Dattatreya was given the charge of the Governor of Haryana. When he was a Union Minister, his post G. Kishan was handed over to Reddy.

NDA accused of doing injustice to OBC

Reddy said, ‘The captive Sanjay Telangana was the president of the BJP, but now a Brahmin, Ramchander Rao has been given this responsibility. Thus, in the south, especially in Telangana, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) cut the throat of all OBCs.

Bandaru Dattatreya should be made the Vice President of the country- Revant Reddy

He said, ‘After Hindi in the country, the most Telugu speaking people are. Injustice has been done to our people, I am demanding the NDA government. The captive Sanjay, Dattatreya cut everyone’s throat, so if Bandaru Dattatreya is made Vice President, then your crime will be forgiven.

Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns by citing health reasons

It is noteworthy that former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar announced his resignation from the post of Vice President on Monday (July 21, 2025). He sent his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu, citing health reasons and said that he was leaving the post with immediate effect.

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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has made a statement on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) about the resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. The Deputy Chief Minister said that former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed his views fearlessly without any political pressure. Actor -turned -politician Pawan Kalyan said that Jagdeep Dhankhar has established a high standards for public life.

Pawan Kalyan wishes for good health of Jagdeep Dhankhar

Pawan Kalyan shared a post on the social media platform X after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned. In the post, the Deputy Chief Minister said, “You (Jagdeep Dhankhar), without any political pressure, have set a high standard for public life without any political pressure.”

Expressing gratitude to Jagdeep Dhankhar for India’s dedicated and valuable service, the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh said, “Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar retained the dignity of the post with unwavering commitment during his tenure and protected constitutional values.”

He said, “If you are taking off from this prestigious post, then I wish for your good health, happiness, prosperity and peaceful life.”

Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns amid monsoon session of Parliament

It is noteworthy that Jagdeep Dhankhar announced to resign from the post of Vice President of the country citing health reasons on Monday (July 21, 2025). He sent his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu and said that he was leaving the post with immediate effect.

However, the ruling party and the opposition are completely surprised by Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation from the post of Vice President. In fact, the monsoon session has started in the Parliament of the country from Monday (July 21, 2025) and former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar announced his resignation only after the end of the first day of the monsoon session.

Jagdeep Dhankhar Of Suddenly With the next Vice President after resignation All over the country Discussions on possible faces have started. Opposition continuously resigns Jagdeep Dhankhar Timing Is asking questions to the central government about it. Former vice -president Dhankhar 12 days ago from Delhi JNU I said, “If God wanted, I am at the right time in 2027 Retirement Will be,

Dhankhar The opposition, who has the most criticizing the most, says that the matter is something else which is not clearly visible. So those three Theory Understand what Jagdeep Dhankhar Must have been the main reasons for the resignation of.

Is BJP making way for Bihar elections?

There is also speculation in political corridors that before Bihar elections Dhankhar By resignation of Nitish It has become clear that Kumar was made the Vice President. In such a situation, BJP will get a chance to spread foot in Bihar. This time the BJP is trying to win more and more seats in Bihar. If Nitish Kumar is made the Vice President, while in Bihar, someone has his party for the Chief Minister Leader To Can bring out

BJP MLA Haribhushan Thakur gave more air to these rumors on Tuesday (22 July 2025). They said, ,If Nitish If Kumar is made Vice President, it will be very good for Bihar., A lot for BJP is dependent on the elections of Bihar, where the party has never been in power on its own.

Jagdeep Dhankhar Insult behind the resignation?

Jagdeep Dhankhar The resignation of the resignation may also be due to the incidents that took place on the first day of the monsoon session. He from Allahabad High Court Justice The notice of opposition MPs was accepted to remove Yashwant Verma. This happened when the government was bringing an important proposal in the Lok Sabha. In this case, this matter Credit Went to the opposition’s court.

Government’s displeasure came out further when the House leaders in Rajya Sabha JP, Nadda And Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Riziju Done Dhankhar Headed by Business Advisory Committee ,BAC) Did not reach the meeting of Although JP Nadda Said that They Both were busy with important work and had already informed the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The Congress alleged that the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha was not already informed, which is an insult to the Vice President.

operation Amidst opposition uproar in Rajya Sabha over sindoor JP Nadda To Dhankhar towards Signal Do Has it Say heard Went,Some? Too Record In No Will go, Only I Who Will say Same Record In Will go.” Although Nadda Said their comment Opposition MPs Of For Was,

Judicially Collision

Jagdeep Dhankhar There is also speculation about the resignation of the resignation of the resignation Judicial Many sharp statements were made against, due to which the central government became uncomfortable. National in the year 2022 Judicial Appointments Commission (Njac) He also targeted the Supreme Court when the law was canceled.

His remarks on the Supreme Court were considered to be the government’s comment and there was a lot of criticism. However, amidst all the speculation, it is also possible that he has resigned due to health reasons.

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The Vice President of the country and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his post on Monday (July 21, 2025) citing poor health. Regarding which the Union Home Ministry also issued a notification. However, many types of questions are also being raised on the resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on behalf of the opposition. Opposition MPs are constantly saying that this is the resignation given under pressure.

Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his post and shocked everyone. Questions arose that when he remained part of the action of the House on the first day of the monsoon session, what happened suddenly that he had to resign due to health cause. However, Jagdeep Dhankhar has clearly mentioned in his resignation that he is resigning from his post due to poor health and health.

Why resign after the first day of monsoon session?- Opposition

The opposition is raising the question that if Jagdeep Dhankhar had to resign, why did he not give it before the start of the session due to poor health? Why Jagdeep Dhankhar came to the House on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament, participated in action and resigned from his post late in the evening.

What happened in Parliament before Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation,

Before the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar, the action of the House continued throughout the day. Although there was an uproar in both houses of Parliament, but what happened before resigning, let’s give you detailed information in the Parliament House premises.

The action of both the houses of Parliament started at 11 am. Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar arrived in the Rajya Sabha and welcomed the new MPs and expressed condolences and condolences to the former MPs who died. After this, the question started in Rajya Sabha yesterday. However, during the question period, the opposition MP Operation Sindoor and the voter list in Bihar were constantly shouting slogans about the verification process. Amidst the uproar, the question time was completed and after that Jagdeep Dhankad got up from his seat and left.

JP Nadda and Rijiju did not reach BAC meeting

Meanwhile, the information came out that the Rajya Sabha’s Business Advisory Committee is to meet at 1 pm. How will the House’s action be discussed throughout the week in the Business Advisory Committee meeting and what issues will be discussed and what is the agenda of the government is given and discussion is given.

The meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) started at one o’clock in the afternoon. JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju were present in the meeting on behalf of the government. At the same time, senior leaders of all other parties were also present in this meeting. The opposition was constantly demanding that the operation on Operation Sindoor should be discussed only when the Prime Minister is in the House. The Prime Minister should clear the picture about Operation Sindoor in front of the country. It should also be told that what is the truth of the US President Trump who is claiming to stop the war between India and Pakistan?

But the BSC meeting started at one o’clock in the meeting, after which Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar called a meeting of BAC once again at 4:30 pm.

Proposal in both houses regarding Justice Verma

Meanwhile, the government’s proposal for impeachment against Justice Yashwant Sharma, which was also signed by opposition MPs, was given to the Lok Sabha speaker and its official information was also revealed. At the same time, after some time, notice of an impeachment motion signed by 63 MPs from the opposition was given in the Rajya Sabha. That is, the notice of impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Verma had reached the Lok Sabha on one side, on the other side, the Rajya Sabha had also been given by the opposition.

JP Nadda and Shah met PM Modi

Meanwhile, senior central government ministers JP Nadda, Amit Shah and Kiren Rijiju also met the Prime Minister. At around 4 pm, Rajya Sabha President Jagdeep Dhankhar once again comes on his chair and from there, he has received information in front of the House that he has received a notice of impeachment motion against Justice Yashwant Verma, on which he will give his vote on the next day i.e. on Tuesday (July 22). After this, the action of the House starts running smoothly and Rajya Sabha President Jagdeep Dhankhar gets up from his seat.

BAC Nadda and Rijiju did not attend the meeting of, Vice President postponed the meeting

It was time for the meeting of the BAC at 4:30 pm, so Jagdeep Dhankhar went directly to the meeting where senior leaders of all political parties were present, but this time JP Nadda and Kiren Rijiju were not present on behalf of BJP, but Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs L.K. Murugan was present in the meeting.

According to sources, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked the question as to why the House leader JP Nadda and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju did not come to the Rajya Sabha? In response L. Murugan told that he is busy with any parliamentary work, due to which he could not come for the meeting. After this, Jagdeep Dhankar adjourned the BAC meeting for Tuesday (July 22).

BAC Meeting in the defense minister’s room at the time of meeting

On one hand, the BAC meeting was going on, on the other hand, a big meeting starts in the room of Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. All the big ministers of the government are present in the meeting, in which Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP National President and Union Health Minister JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Parliamentary Affairs Minister’s Kiren Rijiju, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and other ministers were present.

In the defense minister’s room BJP With NDA Leaders of also arrived

During the meeting that was going on in the room of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, the BJP has called all its Rajya Sabha MPs to sign. In the Rajya Sabha, all the MPs associated with the ruling party reached the room of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh one by one and signed a paper. During this time, the movement outside the room of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh was quite sharp.

This meeting of senior leaders in the Defense Minister’s room lasted for about two and a half hours and during this time not only BJP MPs but also MPs of BJP allies in NDA came to sign.

Vice President announces resignation through social media

After the meeting was over, Union Home Minister Amit Shah met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. About two hours later, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar announced the resignation through his social media account, in which he cited the reason for poor health and poor health.

After this day -long development, the opposition MPs are raising questions on this basis that the development that happened throughout the day was the same reason for this sudden resignation given by Jagdeep Dhankhar? On this basis, the opposition MPs are constantly alleging that Jagdeep Dhankhar did not resign on his own, but has been resigned by putting pressure on him.

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Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the post of Vice President on Monday. He has given health problems due to resignation. He has sent his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu. At the same time, the statement of Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha has come out on his resignation.

Raghav Chadha wrote on his Instagram post, “I wish the Honorable Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for a good health as he is leaving the post citing ‘medical basis’. These pictures are last Wednesday when I got an opportunity to meet him at his official residence.”

I was the last MP- Chadha
He further wrote, “Incidentally, before he resigned, when he was in the post of president, I was the last MP to speak in the House.” At the same time, Chadha also shared pictures with Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Health given to health
Let me tell you that Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned and wrote on his X handle, “I resign from the post of Vice President of India with immediate effect as per Article 67 (A) of the Constitution to give priority to the respected President and to follow medical advice. I express my heartfelt and amazing work for the President of India with immediate effect.

He also said that I express my deepest gratitude to the Prime Minister and the respected Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister’s cooperation and support has been priceless, and I have learned a lot during my tenure.

‘I will be grateful to heart’
Jagdeep Dhankhar further said that the warmth, trust and affection I have received from all the members of Parliament will always be in my memory. I am thankful to my heart for the invaluable experiences and insights gained as Vice President in our great democracy.

Jagdeep Dhankhar further said that it has been a matter of good fortune and satisfaction for me to see and participate in India’s remarkable economic progress and unprecedented development during this important period.

‘Proud to achievements’
He said that it has been a true honor for me to serve in this transformative era of our nation’s history. Taking away from this prestigious post, I am proud of India’s global uplift and unprecedented achievements and have unwavering faith in its bright future.