Constitution of India 1949, as amended to 2019
Vice-President
  • English
    There shall be a Vice-President of India. (Art. 63)
  • Hindi
    भारत का एक उपराष्ट्रपति होगा। (अनुच्छेद 63)
Vice-President
  • English
    (1) The Vice-President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.
    (2) The Vice-President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State be elected Vice-President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President.
    (3) No person shall be eligible for election as Vice-President unless he—
    (a) is a citizen of India;
    (b) has completed the age of thirty-five years; and
    (c) is qualified for election as a member of the Council of States.
    … (Art. 66)
  • Hindi
    (1) उपराष्ट्रपति का निर्वाचन संसद के दोनों सदनों के सदस्यों से मिलकर बनने वाले निर्वाचकगण के सदस्यों द्वारा आनुपातिक प्रतिनिधित्व पद्धति के अनुसार एकल संक्रमणीय मत द्वारा होगा और ऐसे निर्वाचन मंल मतदान गुप्त होगा।
    (2) उपराष्ट्रपति संसद के किसी सदन का या किसी राज्य के विधान-मंडल के किसी सदन का सदस्य नहीं होगा और यदि संसद के किसी सदन का या किसी राज्य के विधान-मंडल के किसी सदन का कोई सदस्य उपराष्ट्रपति निर्वाचित हो जाता है तो यह समझा जाएगा कि उसने उस सदन में अपना स्थान उपराष्ट्रपति के रूप में अपने पदग्रहण की तारीख से रिक्त कर दिया है।
    (3) कोई व्यक्ति उपराष्ट्रपति निर्वाचित होने का पात्र तभी होगा जब वह—
    (क) भारत का नागरिक है;
    (ख) पैंतीस वर्ष की आयु पूरी कर चुका है; और
    (ग) राज्य सभा का सदस्य निर्वाचित होने के लिए अर्हित है।
    … (अनुच्छेद 66)
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Constitution of India 1949, as amended to 2019 (English). According to Art. 343: "(1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. … (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement …"

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Constitution of India 1949, as amended to 2019 (Hindi).

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