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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1952 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| next_election = 1957 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1957<br />
| election_date = 12 May 1952<br />
| image1 = Photograph of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan presented to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.jpg<br />
| nominee1 = [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| party1 = Independent politician<br />
| home_state1 = [[Madras State|Madras]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''Unopposed'''<br />
| color1 = ABCDEF<br />
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]<br />
| after_election = [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br />
| after_party = Independent politician<br />
}}<br />
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The first '''Indian vice presidential election''' was held in 1952. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] was elected unopposed as the [[List of Vice-Presidents of India|first]] [[vice president of India|vice president]].<ref name=eci>[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]</ref> Had the election been contested by more than one candidate, the poll would have occurred on 12 May 1952.<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 12 April 1952.<ref name=election2017>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6926-background-material-related-to-election-to-the-office-of-vice-president-of-india-2017/ |title=Background material related to Election to the office of Vice-President of India, 2017 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 26 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!S.No.<br />
!Poll Event<br />
!Date<br />
|-<br />
!1.<br />
| Last Date for filing nomination<br />
| 21 April 1952<br />
|-<br />
!2.<br />
| Date for Scrutiny of nomination<br />
| 22 April 1952<br />
|-<br />
!3.<br />
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination<br />
| 25 April 1952<br />
|-<br />
!4.<br />
| Date of Poll<br />
| 12 May 1952<br />
|-<br />
!5.<br />
| '''Date of Counting'''<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center| '''25 May 1952'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Result==<br />
The Electoral College consisted of 735 members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. There were two candidates who filed their nominations, S. Radhakrishnan and Janab Shaik Khadir Hussain. The Returning Officer rejected the nomination of Khadir Hussain. Since he was now the only candidate left, Dr. Radhakrishnan was declared as elected unopposed to the office of the Vice-President on 25 April 1952.<ref name=election2017/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1952 Indian presidential election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian vice presidential elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:1952 elections in India|India]]<br />
[[Category:April 1952 in Asia]]<br />
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