Election Name: | 1992 Indian vice presidential election |
Country: | India |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1987 Indian vice presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1987 |
Next Election: | 1997 Indian vice presidential election |
Next Year: | 1997 |
Election Date: | 19 August 1992 |
Nominee1: | K. R. Narayanan |
Party1: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
Home State1: | Kerala |
Electoral Vote1: | 700 |
Percentage1: | 99.86% |
Nominee2: | Kaka Joginder Singh |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Home State2: | Punjab |
Color2: | 32CF9D |
Electoral Vote2: | 1 |
Percentage2: | 0.14% |
Vice President | |
Before Election: | Vacant, last held by Shankar Dayal Sharma |
Before Party: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
After Election: | K. R. Narayanan |
After Party: | Indian National Congress (Indira) |
The 1992 Indian vice presidential election was held on 19 August 1992 to elect the vice president of India. K. R. Narayanan defeated Kaka Joginder Singh to become ninth vice president of India. Out of 701 valid votes, Narayanan received 700 votes, while Singh secured only one vote.[1] At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, Shankar Dayal Sharma, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-| |align="left"|K. R. Narayanan||align="left"|INC(I)||700||99.86|-||align="left"|Kaka Joginder Singh||align="left"|Independent||1||0.14|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total! style="text-align:right;"|701! style="text-align:right;"|100.00|-| colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |-|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||701||98.59|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||10||1.41|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||711||90.00|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||79||10.00|-|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"||-|}