Rajya Sabha Secretary-General Shumsher K. Sheriff served as the Returning Officer for the 15th vice presidential election.

[1] Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, completed his second term on 10 August 2017.

[2] Venkaiah Naidu won the election and took oath as 13th vice president of India on 11 August 2017 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

The Vice President of India is the exofficio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian parliament) and functions as its speaker.

[4] In the election, voting will be done by a secret ballot and the members of parliament will use a "special pen" to mark their preference.

[9] Gopalkrishna Gandhi was the candidate nominated by the United Progressive Alliance and had the support of 18 opposition parties.

A former diplomat, Gandhi is an alumnus of St. Stephen's College and has also served as India's envoy to Sri Lanka, Norway and South Africa.