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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 = 1987 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| country = India<br />
| type = presidential<br />
| ongoing = no<br />
| previous_election = 1984 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| previous_year = 1984<br />
| next_election = 1992 Indian vice presidential election<br />
| next_year = 1992<br />
| election_date = 7 September 1987<br />
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=05|oTop=05}} <br />
| nominee1 = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br />
| party1 = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br />
| home_state1 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| electoral_vote1 = '''Unopposed'''<br />
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]<br />
| before_election = [[R. Venkataraman]]<br />
| before_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br />
| after_election = [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br />
| after_party = Indian National Congress (Indira)<br />
}}<br />
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The '''1987 Indian vice presidential election''' was held in mid-1987 to elect the [[vice president of India]], after the incumbent [[R. Venkataraman]]'s resignation following [[1987 Indian presidential election|his election]] as [[President of India|President]]. [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]] was declared elected unopposed on the final day of registration, 21 August 1987.<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 3 September 1987.<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
The election schedule was announced by the [[Election Commission of India]] on 4 August 1987.<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 />
| 18 August 1987<br />
|-<br />
!2.<br />
| Date for Scrutiny of nomination<br />
| 19 August 1987<br />
|-<br />
!3.<br />
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination<br />
| 21 August 1987<br />
|-<br />
!4.<br />
| Date of Poll<br />
| 7 September 1987<br />
|-<br />
!5.<br />
| '''Date of Counting'''<br />
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center| '''7 September 1987'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Result==<br />
The Electoral College consisted of 790 members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. There were 27 candidates who filed their nominations. The Returning Officer rejected the nomination of 26 of them after scrutiny, deeming that only the nomination of Shankar Dayal Sharma was valid. Since he was now the only candidate left, Shankar Dayal Sharma was declared as elected unopposed to the office of the Vice-President. He was sworn in to the office on 3 September 1987.<ref name=election2017/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[1987 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:1987 elections in India|India]]</div>Serguty