Rallying up for the Vice Presidential poll

 The Vice Presidential poll will be held on August 6th to elect a successor to M Venkaiah Naidu whose term ends on August 10th. With the presidential rally coming to an end, the government is bracing up for another poll. The result of the presidential poll will be out on the 21st of July, 

The candidate from the opposition to file for nomination is Margaret Alva (80). She has served as the Governor of Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand and has formerly served as the Cabinet Minister. She was a senior figure in the Indian National Congress and was Joint Secretary of All India Congress Committee. 

The candidate from the ruling party is Jagdeep Dhankar. He served as the Governor for the state of West Bengal and he also served as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs. He served as a Member of Legislative Assembly from Kishangarh in Rajasthan. 

The Vice President is elected by members of the electoral college consisting of the members of both the houses of the parliament and not the members of the state legislative assembly and the voting is conducted by the Voting Commission of India.