Jaswant Singh Vice-presidential Poll

• Hamid Ansari is elected Vice President again

  Hamid Ansari, 75, is the country's 14th Vice President.He was also the 13th; this is a second term for him. Mr Ansari polled 490 of the valid votes cast today. His opponent, the NDA's Jaswant Singh, a BJP leader and former Union Minister, got only 238. Eight votes were found invalid

• Who is Mohammed Hamid Ansari?

  As India's 14 Vice-President, Mohammed Hamid Ansari made history. He became the only person after Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan to get a second term. Mr Ansari, backed by the Congress-led UPA, beat NDA candidate Jaswant Singh comprehensively.

• Jayalalithaa backs NDA's vice-president candidate Jaswant Singh

  AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa will support Jaswant Singh in Tuesday's election for Vice President.

• Vice President poll: Jaswant Singh is in, Mamata Banerjee may back Hamid Ansari after all

  The vice-president poll will see Hamid Ansari running for a second term versus Jaswant Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

• Vice President poll: NDA picks Jaswant Singh, Mamata Banerjee may back Hamid Ansari

  The BJP-led NDA has named senior party leader and Former Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh as its vice-presidential candidate. The decision came after a meeting of party leaders at the home of LK Advani to decide on its candidate that it would field against the UPA's nominee for Vice President, Hamid Ansari.