List of Vice-Presidents of India

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Vice-Presidents of India (by state of birth)

The Vice-President of India is the second highest constitutional office in the Indian Government after the President. In accordance with Article 65 of the Indian Constitution, the Vice-President discharges the functions of the President when a contingency arises due to the resignation, removal, death or the inability of the President to discharge his functions. He is also the ex officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.^[1] The Vice President is elected by an electoral college consisting of all the 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. The Vice President can be removed by a resolution passed by an effective majority in the Rajya Sabha.^[2]

There have been 13 vice-president, since the inception of the post in 1950. The first Vice-president of India took oath at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 13 May 1952

On 11 August 2017 Venkaiah Naidu was sworn in as the 15th Vice-President of India, thus becoming the 13th person to hold the office.^[3]

List

The complete list of Vice-Presidents of India includes the persons sworn into the office as Vice-President of India, following the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950. Some of whom later became presidents.^[4]

Colour key

№	Name (birth–death)	Portrait	Elected (% votes)	Took office	Left office	Term (in years)	Notes	President(s)	Candidate of
1	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975)		1952 (Unopposed) 1957 (Unopposed)	13 May 1952	12 May 1962	10	Radhakrishnan was a prominent scholar. Besides being awarded the Bharat Ratna he also held the position of vice-chancellor in the Banaras Hindu University and the Andhra college. He served as the Vice-President for two terms.	Rajendra Prasad		Independent
2	Zakir Husain (1897–1969)		1962 (97.59)	13 May 1962	12 May 1967	5		Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan		Independent
3	Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894–1980)		1967 (71.45)	13 May 1967	3 May 1969	2		Zakir Husain		Independent
4	Gopal Swarup Pathak (1896–1982)		1969 —	31 August 1969	30 August 1974	5		Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1969–1974) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974)		Independent
5	Basappa Danappa Jatti (1912–2002)		1974 (78.70)	31 August 1974	30 August 1979	5		Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974–1977) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1977–1979)		Indian National Congress
6	Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905–1992)		1979 (Unopposed)	31 August 1979	30 August 1984	5		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1979–1982) Giani Zail Singh (1982–1984)		Independent
7	Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910–2009)		1984 (71.05)	31 August 1984	24 July 1987	3		Giani Zail Singh		Indian National Congress
8	Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918–1999)		1987 (Unopposed)	3 September 1987	24 July 1992	5		Ramaswamy Venkataraman		Indian National Congress
9	Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1920–2005)		1992 (99.86)	21 August 1992	24 July 1997	5		Shankar Dayal Sharma		Indian National Congress
10	Krishan Kant (1927–2002)		1997 (61.76)	21 August 1997	27 July 2002	4		Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1997–2002) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (2002)		Janata Dal
11	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1923–2010)		2002 (59.82)	19 August 2002	21 July 2007	5		A. P. J. Abdul Kalam		Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Mohammad Hamid Ansari (1937–)		2007 (60.51) 2012 (67.31)	11 August 2007	11 August 2017	10		Pratibha Patil (2007–2012) Pranab Mukherjee (2012–2017) Ram Nath Kovind (2017)		Indian National Congress
13	Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu (1949–)		2017 (67.89)	11 August 2017	Incumbent	—		Ram Nath Kovind		Bharatiya Janata Party

Notes

• † Died in office

Timeline

See also

• Vice-President of India
• President of India
• List of Presidents of India
• List of Prime Ministers of India

Footnotes and References

External links

• Vice-President of India (official website)