2012 Vice-presidential Election
The NDA nominated Jaswant Singh, former Finance, External Affairs and Defence minister as well as former Leader of Opposition. The NDA cited Ansari's conduct in the Rajya Sabha during the The Lokpal Bill, 2011 debate when he had abruptly adjourned the House sine die.
Hamid Ansari was reelected as Vice President for the second term on 7 August 2012, defeating the NDA's nominee Jaswant Singh by a margin of 252 votes. For the first time, both the President (Pranab Mukherjee) and the vice President (Incumbent) were born in West Bengal.
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