National
Vice President of India
- Hindi: उपराष्ट्रपति
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Parliament of India
- Exact method
- Elected for five years (Art. 67) by an electoral college of all members, elected and nominated, of both Houses of Parliament, by single transferable vote and secret ballot (Art. 66). Ex officio Chairman of the Council of States (Art. 89).
- Chosen by
- Parliament of India
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- C. P. Radhakrishnan BJP since September 2025 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked (+1 more)
Coming up
- Must be held by September 2030 (no fixed date) Elected by Parliament of India, not by voters
Sources
- legislative.gov.in · checked indirect / selected_by: from the selection_detail, which rests on this source ([world:in-national] Constitution of India (Legislative Department), Arts. 54-56, 66-67, 75, 80-83, 89, 93, 124: selectio); migration 054, ticket 2207, reviewed by improvements:schema-indirect-dissolved 2026-10-12 For: Vice President of India
- legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India (Legislative Department), Arts. 54-56, 66-67, 75, 80-83, 89, 93, 124: selection method, seat counts and terms; minister portfolios from Wikipedia 'Third Modi ministry' (read 2026-10-12). Fallback: Wikipedia, because pmindia.gov.in and cabsec.gov.in were not reachable for a machine-readable portfolio list. For: Vice President of India
- legislative.gov.in · checked Hindi terms as used in the Hindi text of the Constitution of India (Legislative Department). Terms were entered from the Constitution's standard Hindi vocabulary and not re-fetched this session; verify. For: Vice President of India in Hindi
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Third Modi ministry (read 2026-10-12): cabinet portfolios, holders and the 25 July 2026 Education charge change. Fallback source. For: C. P. Radhakrishnan, current term
- sansad.in · checked Lok Sabha: sansad.in member API, status=Sitting, read 2026-10-12 (term start date not published, left empty). Rajya Sabha and ministers: Wikipedia 'List of current members of the Rajya Sabha' and 'Third Modi ministry' (fallback, read 2026-10-12; official Rajya Sabha list unreachable). Officers: Wikipedia infoboxes cross-checked with Wikidata. For: C. P. Radhakrishnan, current term
- legislative.gov.in · checked Constitution of India Art. 56, 62, 67, 68, 83: legal terms from the last sworn-in/first-sitting dates; no schedule yet announced by the Election Commission of India (eci.gov.in). For: General election, September 11, 2030