Hamid Ansari re-elected as Vice President
Updated on Aug 07, 2012 09:22 pm IST
UPA candidate Hamid Ansari has been re-elected for the second time as India's vice-president. Of the 736 votes cast, Ansari got 490 votes, 252 more than his opponent Jaswant Singh. Eight votes were declared invalid. Ansari, 75, was supported by lawmakers of the Congress-led coalition. The retired diplomat first became vice-president in 2007.
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