1992 Indian vice presidential election

1992 Indian vice presidential election

19 August 1992

Nominee K. R. Narayanan Joginder Singh Party Indian National Congress (Indira) Independent Home state Kerala Punjab Electoral vote 700 1 Percentage 99.86% 0.14%

Vice President before election Vacant, last held by Shankar Dayal Sharma Indian National Congress (Indira) Elected Vice President K. R. Narayanan Indian National Congress (Indira)

The 1992 Indian vice presidential election was held on 19 August 1992 to elect the vice president of India. K. R. Narayanan defeated Joginder Singh to become ninth vice president of India. Out of 701 valid votes, Narayanan received 700 votes, while Singh secured only one vote. At the time of the election, VP office was vacant since the incumbent, Shankar Dayal Sharma, had already inaugurated as President following his victory in the presidential election.

Candidates

• 
  Academician and diplomat
  K. R. Narayanan
• 
  Perennial candidate
  Joginder Singh

Result

	Candidate	Party	Electoral Votes	% of Votes
	K. R. Narayanan	INC(I)	700	99.86
	Joginder Singh	Independent	1	0.14
Total			701	100.00
Valid Votes			701	98.59
Invalid Votes			10	1.41
Turnout			711	90.00
Abstentions			79	10.00
Electors			790

See also

• 1992 Indian presidential election