Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Indian Vice President Elections: Uncontested Victories Highlighted
In India, the Vice President is elected.
Out of 16 elections, only 4 were simple, with one person running and winning without anyone else to vote for.
Others had people competing against each other.
Some famous people like Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Mohammad Hidayatullah, Shankar Dayal Sharma and K R Narayanan won the elections.
Sometimes it's a close call, with many votes being cast and counted.
The article tells about who won, who they ran against, and how many votes they received in many past elections.
Only four of the sixteen Indian vice-presidential elections were uncontested.
Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Hidayatullah won their elections without a contest.
Shankar Dayal Sharma, K R Narayanan and G S Pathak also won their elections.
Elections have seen multi-cornered fights, with M Hamid Ansari having won.
The article details the winners, opponents, and vote counts of several vice-presidential elections.
- Who
- Vice presidents and their opponents
- What
- Report on the elections for the post of the vice president of India
- When
- From 1952 to 2022
- Where
- India
- Why
- To inform about the elections that have been held.
Election Outcomes
Election Processes
Variety of Outcomes
Election Outcomes
There were several instances of elections where there were multiple candidates.
Election Processes
Some elections were unopposed.
- Uncontested Elections
- 4 out of 16
- Multi-Cornered Fights
- 2 elections
- First Vice President
- Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
- Acting President, VP, and CJI
- Mohammad Hidayatullah
- Year of Article
- 2024