Vice-President Elections 2017: Everything You Need to Know

M Venkaiah Naidu was appointed The ruling National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the Vice-President's post on Monday.

The contest is now between Naidu and the opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Here is everything you need to know about the Vice-President Elections:

Electoral College for VP Polls

· From Rajya Sabha: 233 elected and 12 nominated members

· From Lok Sabha, 543 elected and 2 nominated.

· The total members in the Electoral College are 790

· The value of each vote in the Vice-Presidential election is one.

· The winning candidate has to get a required quota of votes, which is 50% of the total valid votes

Party tally of Key Parties in both the houses

BJP -

LS – 281

RS – 56

Congress –

LS – 45

RS – 58

AITC -

LS – 34

RS – 12

JD(U) -

LS – 2

RS – 10

SP -

LS – 5

RS - 18