3.2. Qualifications

To be eligible for election as Vice-President, a person should fulfill the following qualifications:

1. He should be a citizen of India.

2. He should have completed 35 years of age.

3. He should be qualified for election as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

4. He should not hold any office of profit under the Union government or any state government or any local authority or any other public authority.

But, a sitting President or Vice-President of the Union, the governor of any state and a minister for the Union or any state is not deemed to hold any office of profit and hence qualified for being a candidate for Vice-President. MPs and MLAs are eligible for contesting the election of Vice-President but if such a person is elected as Vice-President then he is deemed to have vacated his seat in that House (no separate resignation is required) on the date he enters upon his office as Vice-President. Further, the nomination of a candidate for election of Vice- President must be proposed by 20 electors and seconded by 20 electors as well.