EC issues ‘Certification of Election’ to next VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

Aug 07, 2022

New Delhi, August 07 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey jointly signed the 'Certification of the Election of Jagdeep Dhankar as the next Vice President of India' on August 07. Jagdeep Dhankhar, former West Bengal Governor, was elected as the Vice President on August 06. He bested the Opposition’s Margaret Alva to emerge a winner. The BJP-led NDA candidate won the election comfortably with 528 votes against Alva’s 182, the voting for which took place earlier in the day. The Vice President is also the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.