New Delhi: Hamid Ansari who was elected as the Vice President of the country for a second term in a row as he defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin will take his oath on Saturday.
Ansari, 75, polled 490 first preference votes out of 728 valid votes cast in the election held on August. Jaswant Singh polled 238 votes.
Ansari got more votes than he had secured in the 2007 election. He had the backing by the Congress and its allies in the UPA, including the Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and the National Conference.
The Trinamool Congress, which had not announced its decision, also later indicated it would support Ansari.
Outside supporters of the UPA, including the Samajawdi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party, had also indicated their preference for Ansari. Several of the Left parties also lent him their support.
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