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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
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EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (iii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 34]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025/SHRAVANA 16, 1947
OFFICE OF THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2025
ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA
PUBLIC NOTICE
New Delhi, the 7th August, 2025
O.N. 34(E).- WHEREAS a notification under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Presidential and Vice-
Presidential Elections Act, 1952, for the holding of an election to fill the Office of Vice-President of India has been
issued by the Election Commission, I, P.C. MODY, the Returning Officer for such election, do hereby give
notice that-
(i) nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate or any one of his proposers or seconders to the
undersigned at his office in Room No. RS-28, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, or if he is
unavoidably absent, to the Assistant Returning Officers, Ms. Garima Jain, Joint Secretary/Shri Vijay Kumar,
Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat at the said office between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on any day (other than a
public holiday) not later than Thursday, the 21st August, 2025;
(ii) each nomination paper shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the entry relating to the candidate in the
electoral roll for the Parliamentary constituency in which the candidate is registered as an elector;
(iii) every candidate shall deposit or cause to be deposited a sum of Rupees Fifteen Thousand only. This amount
may be deposited in cash with the Returning Officer at the time of presentation of the nomination paper or
deposited earlier in the Reserve Bank of India or in a Government Treasury and in the latter case a receipt
showing that the said deposit of the sum has been so made is required to be enclosed with the nomination
paper;
(iv) forms of nomination papers may be obtained from the above said office at the time aforesaid;
(v) the nomination papers, other than those rejected under sub-section (4) of Section 5B of the Act, will be
taken up for scrutiny at the said office in Room No. F-100, Sangoshthi-2, First Floor, Parliament House,
New Delhi, on Friday, the 22nd August, 2025 at 11 a.m.;
(vi) the notice of withdrawal of candidatures may be delivered by a candidate, or any one of his proposers or
seconders who has been authorised in this behalf in writing by the candidate, to the undersigned at the place
specified in paragraph (i) above before three o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, the 25th August, 2025;
(vii) in the event of the election being contested, the poll will be taken on Tuesday, the 9th September, 2025
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the place of polling fixed under the rules.
New Delhi,
Dated the 7th of August, 2025
[F. No. RS/VPE/10/2025-T]
P.C. MODY, Returning Officer For the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025
and Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha
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and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Digitally signed by SARVESH
SARVESH KUMAR KUMAR SRIVASTAVA
SRIVASTAVA
Date: 2025.08.07 01:27:14
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