New Delhi: New Vice-President elected Jagdeep Dhankhar will take oath as 14^th Vice-President of India on Thursday. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the Oath of Office to the elected Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 11:45 am today.

He was elected as the Vice-President on August 6^th. He defeated the Opposition’s Margaret Alva to emerge as a winner. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey jointly signed the Certification of the Election of Jagdeep Dhankhar on August 7^th as the next Vice President of India.

The returning officer of the Vice-Presidential election said of the total 780 electors, 725 cast their ballots but 15 votes were found to be invalid. The turnout was 92.94 %, adding that a candidate needed 356 votes to get elected, he added.