NEW DELHI, 7 Aug: The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday issued a certificate announcing the election of NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar as the 14th vice president of India.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey signed the “certification of the election” of Dhankar.
A signed copy of the certificate was handed over to the union home secretary by senior Deputy Election Commissioner Dharmendra Sharma and Narendra N Butolia, senior principal secretary in the EC, the poll panel said.
The signed copy will be read out at the time of the oath-taking ceremony of the new vice president on 11 August.
The term of incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu ends on 10 August.
Dhankhar won with a huge vote share of 74.36 percent, the highest in the last six vice presidential elections, with 528 votes against Margaret Alva’s 182 votes. (PTI)