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Vice President election 2017: What it will take for Naidu or Gandhi to win

Term of Hamid Ansari, who held the position for two consecutive terms, will come to an end on Aug 10

NDA, Venkaiah Naidu, Vice-Presidential nominee
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NDA's Vice-Presidential nominee Venkaiah Naidu on his way to attend nomination filing procession at Parliament in New Delhi.

BS Web TeamANI New Delhi
Former union minister M Venkaiah Naidu is set to take on former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi for the post of vice-president of India on Saturday.

The winner of the polls will be appointed as the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

The term of incumbent Vice-President Hamid Ansari, who held the position for two consecutive terms, will come to an end on August 10.

According to the Election Commission officials, the voting will begin on Friday at 10 am and will carry on till 5 pm The counting of votes will start at 7 pm and the result will be declared Saturday

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