Question

The Election Commission had announced the schedule for the seventeenth Vice Presidential Election vide its Press Note dated 1st August, 2025, fixing inter alia September 9, 2025, as the date of poll and date of counting. Identify the officials who form the electoral college for the election.

P: Members of Lok Sabha.

Q: Members of State Legislative Assemblies

R: Members of the State Legislative Council

S: Members of the Rajya Sabha.

Options

• P and S

• P and Q

• R and S

• Q and S

Answer 1

P and S

Explanation:

According to Article 66 of the Indian Constitution, the Vice-President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting exclusively of the members of both Houses of Parliament, which includes all members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. State Legislative Assemblies and State Legislative Councils have absolutely no role in the Vice-Presidential election, unlike the Presidential election, meaning that choices containing those state officials are legally incorrect.