NEW DELHI: Moving closer to announcing the schedule for the election to the office of vice-president of India, the Election Commission on Friday said it has finalised the electoral college list.
The list, which, as per the law, must include all elected members of the Lok Sabha and elected and nominated members of the Rajya Sabha , unless the election of any member has been set aside by the high court in an election petition and who is disallowed to participate or vote in House proceedings, has these members listed in a continuous serial order, arranged alphabetically based on the state/Union Territory of their respective Houses.
The electoral college list will be available for purchase at a counter set up in EC’s Nirvachan Sadan headquarters, from the date of notification, which is likely to be announced soon.
Even before EC — mandated by Article 324 to conduct the vice-presidential poll, following the home ministry’s notification of Jagdeep Dhankhar ’s resignation in the gazette — announces the poll schedule, it must complete the pre-announcement activities like preparation of the electoral college, finalisation of the returning officer (RO) and assistant returning officer (ARO), and preparation and dissemination of background material on all the past vice-presidential elections.
EC had earlier appointed the RO and ARO for the 2025 vice-presidential election , necessitated by the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 22.
The list, which, as per the law, must include all elected members of the Lok Sabha and elected and nominated members of the Rajya Sabha , unless the election of any member has been set aside by the high court in an election petition and who is disallowed to participate or vote in House proceedings, has these members listed in a continuous serial order, arranged alphabetically based on the state/Union Territory of their respective Houses.
The electoral college list will be available for purchase at a counter set up in EC’s Nirvachan Sadan headquarters, from the date of notification, which is likely to be announced soon.
Even before EC — mandated by Article 324 to conduct the vice-presidential poll, following the home ministry’s notification of Jagdeep Dhankhar ’s resignation in the gazette — announces the poll schedule, it must complete the pre-announcement activities like preparation of the electoral college, finalisation of the returning officer (RO) and assistant returning officer (ARO), and preparation and dissemination of background material on all the past vice-presidential elections.
EC had earlier appointed the RO and ARO for the 2025 vice-presidential election , necessitated by the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 22.
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