1992 Indian vice presidential election explained

Election Name:1992 Indian vice presidential election
Country:India
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1987 Indian vice presidential election
Previous Year:1987
Next Election:1997 Indian vice presidential election
Next Year:1997
Election Date:19 August 1992
Nominee1:K. R. Narayanan
Party1:Indian National Congress (Indira)
Home State1:Kerala
Electoral Vote1:700
Percentage1:99.86%
Nominee2:Kaka Joginder Singh
Party2:Independent politician
Home State2:Punjab
Color2:32CF9D
Electoral Vote2:1
Percentage2:0.14%
Vice President
Before Election:Vacant, last held by Shankar Dayal Sharma
Before Party:Indian National Congress (Indira)
After Election:K. R. Narayanan
After Party:Indian National Congress (Indira)

The 1992 Indian vice presidential election was held on 19 August 1992 to elect the vice president of India. K. R. Narayanan defeated Kaka Joginder Singh to become ninth vice president of India. Out of 701 valid votes, Narayanan received 700 votes, while Singh secured only one vote.[1] At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, Shankar Dayal Sharma, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.

Result

|- align=center!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-| |align="left"|K. R. Narayanan||align="left"|INC(I)||700||99.86|-||align="left"|Kaka Joginder Singh||align="left"|Independent||1||0.14|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|701! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||701||98.59|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||10||1.41|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||711||90.00|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||79||10.00|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-|}

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/President_VP_Elec2012/Vice%20Presidentail%20Election%20Background.pdf BACKGROUND MATERIAL REGARDING FOURTEENTH ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT, 2012, ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA