Hamid Ansari re-elected as Vice-President

Vice-President Hamid Ansari at the photo session after his swearing-in ceremony at the Parliament House. President Pranab Mukherjee, who administered the oath, is seen along with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur and Mr Ansari's wife Salma.

Hamid Ansari sworn in as Vice-President
Mohammed Hamid Ansari has been sworn in as the 14th Vice-President today after he was re-elected on Tuesday. This is his second consecutive term as the Vice-President, only the second to do so after Dr S Radhakrishnan.

Hamid Ansari will be sworn in as the Vice-President today.

Hamid Ansari with his wife Salma and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi after his re-election as Vice-President on Tuesday.

Hamid Ansari needed 396 votes to win his second term as Vice-President. He got 490. However, Congress sources tell NDTV that Congress was expecting 500 votes.

HAMID ANSARI ELECTED AS INDIA'S VICE-PRESIDENT.

The polling has ended. The result is expected to be out by 7 pm.

Brisk polling was today witnessed in the Vice Presidential poll. As many as 600 electors from an effective electoral college of 787 members of Parliament had cast their vote by 1:00 pm, Hamid Ansari's election agent and senior advocate Pravin Parekh said.

NEWS UPDATE
Results are expected by 7 pm. The Lok Sabha Secretary General will address a press conference.

Mohammed Hamid Ansari: A Profile
If he becomes Vice-President of India again, Mohammed Hamid Ansari will make history. He will be the only person after Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to get a second term. That victory seems in the bag with all constituents in the ruling UPA and parties like the BSP and SP set to vote for him today.

JUST IN
Polling has begun for electing the Vice -President of India

A total of 42 papers were filed by 31 candidates during the 14-day nomination process. Of them, four sets of papers submitted by Mr Ansari and three sets submitted by Mr Singh were accepted. The nomination papers of 29 others were rejected on various grounds.

Unlike the Presidential poll held last month, which had split the NDA with the JD(U) and the Shiv Sena breaking ranks to vote for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee, Jaswant Singh has the backing of a united NDA for his Vice Presidential bid.

UPA managers are confident that Mr Ansari, 75, is set to get at least 500 votes in a contest in which he has a definite edge as far as the arithmetic is concerned.

A total of 788 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs are eligible to vote in the poll to elect the 14th Vice President.

Vice President poll today; Hamid Ansari appears set for a second term
UPA nominee Hamid Ansari appears set to get a second term as Vice President by emerging a clear winner against NDA's Jaswant Singh in a direct contest for the post today.

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