Correct Answer - Option 3 : Elected members of the Parliament
The Vice-President occupies the second-highest office in the country.
- She/He is accorded a rank next to the President in the official warrant of precedence.
- This office is modelled on the lines of the American Vice-President.
ARTICLE 66 states that the Vice-President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college.
- The electoral college consists of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.
- The Vice-President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State.
- If a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State is elected Vice-President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President.
From the above, we can conclude that the Vice-President of India is elected by the elected members of the Parliament.
Part V of the Constitution of India under Chapter I (Executive) also discusses the office of the Vice-President of India.
- Articles 63-73 deal with The Vice-President Of India.
- The current Vice President of India is Shri Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu. He is the 13th Vice President of India.
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The 1st Vice President of India was Shri Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
