- Election of the Vice President of India, 2025
New Delhi, India, July 25, 2025 — The Election Commission of India has appointed a Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officers for the Election of the Vice President of India, 2025.
- The Election Commission of India, under Article 324, is mandated to conduct the election to the office of the Vice President of India. The election to the office of the Vice President of India is governed by the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, and the rules made thereunder, namely the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974.
- Under Section 3 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, the Election Commission, in consultation with the Central Government, appoints a Returning Officer, who shall have his office in New Delhi, and may also appoint one or more Assistant Returning Officers. As per convention, either the Secretary General, Lok Sabha, or the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, is appointed as the Returning Officer by rotation. During the last Vice-Presidential election, the Secretary General of the Lok Sabha was appointed as the Returning Officer.
- Therefore, the Election Commission, in consultation with the Ministry of Law and Justice and with the consent of the Hon’ble Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, has appointed the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, as the Returning Officer for the ensuing Vice-Presidential Election, 2025.
- The Election Commission of India has also appointed Ms. Garima Jain, Joint Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, and Shri Vijay Kumar, Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, as Assistant Returning Officers during the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025.
- The requisite Gazette Notification is being issued separately today.
Source: Election Commission of India
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