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{{Short description|Vice-presidential election in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2007 Indian vice presidential election
| country = India
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2002 Indian vice presidential election
| previous_year = 2002
| next_election = 2012 Indian vice presidential election
| next_year = 2012
| election_date = 10 August 2007
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Official portrait of Shri Mohammed Hamid Ansari, The Vice President of India, 2014.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=14|oTop=05}}
| nominee1 = '''[[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]'''
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| home_state1 = [[West Bengal]]
| electoral_vote1 = '''455'''
| percentage1 = '''60.50%'''
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Najma Heptulla.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=80|cHeight=100|oLeft=10|oTop=10}}
| nominee2 = [[Najma Heptulla]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| home_state2 = [[Madhya Pradesh]]
| electoral_vote2 = 222
| percentage2 = 29.52%
| title = [[Vice President of India|Vice President]]
| before_election = [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| before_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| after_election = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| nominee3 = [[Rasheed Masood]]
| party3 = Samajwadi Party
| alliance3 = Third Front (India)
| home_state3 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| electoral_vote3 = 75
| percentage3 = 9.98%
| image3 = <div style="width:80px;"><span style="line-height:100px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}; font-size:40px;"> '''SP'''</span></div>
}}

The '''2007 Indian vice presidential election''' was held on 10 August 2007 to elect the [[vice president of India]] to serve from 2007 until 2012. [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] from [[Indian National Congress]] was elected 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> The incumbent, [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] did not seek re- election and instead ran for [[President of India|President]] in [[2007 Indian presidential election|2007 election]], where he lost to [[Pratibha Patil]]. He subsequently resigned from VP four days before Patil's inauguration.

==Background==
The term of vice-president of India is 5 years, as term of [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] was up to 18 August 2007, an election was needed to elect his successor.<ref name=eci /> But Shekhawat resigned on 21 July, so there occurred a little vacancy until 11 August 2007 when Ansari was sworn in.

===Electoral college===
The electoral college consists of, all 245 [[Rajya Sabha]] members and all 545 [[Lok Sabha]] members, a total of 790 voters.

===Officers===
Returning Officer : Dr. [[Yogendra Narain]], Secretary General, Rajya Sabha<br />
Assistant Returning Officers : N.C. Joshi & Ravi Kant Chopra

<ref name=eci />

==Result==
{{election table|title=Result of the Indian vice-presidential election, 2007|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br />
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]]||align="left"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||455||60.51
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Najma Heptulla]]||align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||222||29.52
|-
| {{party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
|align="left"|[[Rasheed Masood]]||align="left"|[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]||75||9.97
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total
! style="text-align:right;"|762
! style="text-align:right;"|100.00
|-
| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||752||98.69
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||10||1.31
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||762||96.46
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||28||3.54
|-
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[2007 Indian presidential election]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Indian vice presidential elections}}

[[Category:Vice-presidential elections in India]]
[[Category:2007 elections in India|India]]

2007 Indian vice presidential election - Revision history

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