2020 Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha election
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The 2020 Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election was held on 14 September 2020 to elect the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[1]
The election was contested between Harivansh Narayan Singh of the Janata Dal (United), backed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and Manoj Jha of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), who was supported by several opposition parties. Singh comfortably won the election by a voice vote.[2]
The election was necessitated after the completion of the Rajya Sabha term of the incumbent Deputy Chairman, Harivansh Singh. The Deputy Chairman is elected by members of the Rajya Sabha from among themselves and presides over the proceedings of the House in the absence of the Chairman (Vice President of India).[3]
Election
The election took place on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament in 2020. As more than one candidate was nominated, the House proceeded to decide the matter.
Harivansh Narayan Singh was re-elected as Deputy Chairman through a voice vote.[4]
He is the third person ever and first in four decades to hold this post who is not from the Indian National Congress.
Result
Harivansh Narayan Singh secured a second term as Deputy Chairman, having previously been elected to the position in 2018.[5]