1997 Indian vice presidential election explained

Election Name:1997 Indian vice presidential election
Country:India
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1992 Indian vice presidential election
Previous Year:1992
Next Election:2002 Indian vice presidential election
Next Year:2002
Election Date:16 August 1997
Image1:File:Krishan Kant 2005 stamp of India (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Krishan Kant
Party1:Janata Dal
Alliance1:United Front (India, 1996)
Home State1:Punjab
Electoral Vote1:441
Percentage1:61.76%
Nominee2:Surjit Singh Barnala
Party2:Shiromani Akali Dal
Home State2:Punjab
Electoral Vote2:273
Percentage2:38.24%
Vice President
Before Election:Vacant, last held by
K. R. Narayanan
Before Party:INC
After Election:Krishan Kant
After Party:Janata Dal

The 1997 Indian vice presidential election was held on 16 August 1997 to elect the vice president of India. Krishan Kant defeated Surjit Singh Barnala to become tenth vice president of India.[1] At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, K. R. Narayanan, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.

Results

|- 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"|Krishan Kant||align="left"|Janata Dal||441||61.76|-| |align="left"|Surjit Singh Barnala||align="left"|SAD||273||38.24|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|714! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||714||93.95|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||46||6.05|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||760||96.20|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||30||3.80|-|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