Hamid Ansari gets second term as Vice President

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New Delhi: On expected lines, UPA candidate Hamid Ansari on Tuesday won the race for Vice President for the second time, beating NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a huge margin.

Ansari got 490 votes, whereas Singh got only 238 votes. 736 of the 787 MPs in both Houses cast their votes. Out of 787, eight votes were invalid.

"I declare Hamid Ansari as duly elected to the office of the vice-president of India," announced the Returning Officer for the Vice Presidential election.

Voting for the Vice President began at 10 am and continued till 5 pm.

75-year-old Ansari, a career diplomat is the second Vice President to get the send term after late philosopher-statesman Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan.

The Vice President is elected by members of an electoral college which consists of members of both the houses of Parliament. The election is carried out in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote.

Nominated members of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are also entitled to take part in the election.

Courtesy: Zee News