“The election for the post of Vice-President will take place on September 9, 2025 and the counting will be on the same day,” the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday (August 1, 2025). Further, the polls will be notified on August 7 and the last date for filing nomination papers will be August 21.
Dhankhar resignation: BJP begins search for next Vice-President, party insider could make the cut
The Vice-President post fell vacant after the incumbent Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned on July 22, 2025.
The ECI on Thursday (July 31, 2025) said that it has finalised the electoral college list for the Vice-Presidential election.
The poll body had last week kicked off the process for holding Vice-Presidential polls by appointing the Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha, P.C. Mody, as the Returning Officer.
