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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox election<br />
| election_name = 1979 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1974 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1974<br />
| next_election = 1984 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1984<br />
| election_date = 27 August 1979<br />
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hidayatullah.png|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=08|oTop=05}} <br />
| nominee1 = '''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]'''<br />
| party1 = Independent politician<br />
| home_state1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''Unopposed'''<br />
| color1 = D532FC<br />
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]<br />
| before_election = [[B. D. Jatti|Basappa Danappa Jatti]]<br />
| before_party = Indian National Congress (R)<br />
| after_election = [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]]<br />
| after_party = Independent politician<br />
}}<br />
The '''1979 Indian vice presidential election''' was held in mid-1979 to elect the [[vice president of India]]. Former [[Chief Justice of India|chief justice]] [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] was elected unopposed for the post.<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, it would have occurred on 27 August 1979.<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 23 July 1979.<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 />
| 6 August 1979<br />
|-<br />
!2.<br />
| Date for Scrutiny of nomination<br />
| 7 August 1979<br />
|-<br />
!3.<br />
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination<br />
| 9 August 1979<br />
|-<br />
!4.<br />
| Date of Poll<br />
| 27 September 1979<br />
|-<br />
!5.<br />
| '''Date of Counting'''<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center| '''NA'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Result==<br />
Mohammad Hidayatullah was declared as elected unopposed to the office of the Vice-President on 9 August 1979. He was sworn in to the office on 31 August 1979.<ref name=election2017/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1977 Indian presidential election]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian vice presidential elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:1979 elections in India|India]]</div>ThomasEl