<Table> <Tr> <Th> No </Th> <Th> Name ( birth -- death ) </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Elected ( % votes ) </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Term ( in years ) </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> <Th> President ( s ) </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Candidate of </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ( 1888 -- 1975 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1952 ( Unopposed ) <P> 1957 ( Unopposed ) </P> </Td> <Td> 13 May 1952 </Td> <Td> 12 May 1962 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Radhakrishnan was a prominent scholar . Besides being awarded the Bharat Ratna he also held the position of vice-chancellor in the Banaras Hindu University and the Andhra college . He served as the Vice-President for two terms . </Td> <Td> Rajendra Prasad </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Zakir Husain ( 1897 -- 1969 ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1962 ( 97.59 ) </Td> <Td> 13 May 1962 </Td> <Td> 12 May 1967 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( 1894 -- 1980 ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1967 ( 71.45 ) </Td> <Td> 13 May 1967 </Td> <Td> 3 May 1969 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Zakir Husain </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Gopal Swarup Pathak ( 1896 -- 1982 ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1969 -- </Td> <Td> 31 August 1969 </Td> <Td> 30 August 1974 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Varahagiri Venkata Giri ( 1969 -- 1974 ) <P> Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ( 1974 ) </P> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Basappa Danappa Jatti ( 1912 -- 2002 ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> ( 78.70 ) </Td> <Td> 31 August 1974 </Td> <Td> 30 August 1979 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed ( 1974 -- 1977 ) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ( 1977 -- 1979 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Mohammad Hidayatullah ( 1905 -- 1992 ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1979 ( Unopposed ) </Td> <Td> 31 August 1979 </Td> <Td> 30 August 1984 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Neelam Sanjiva Reddy ( 1979 -- 1982 ) Giani Zail Singh ( 1982 -- 1984 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Ramaswamy Venkataraman ( 1910 -- 2009 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1984 ( 71.05 ) </Td> <Td> 31 August 1984 </Td> <Td> 24 July 1987 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Giani Zail Singh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Shankar Dayal Sharma ( 1918 -- 1999 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> ( Unopposed ) </Td> <Td> 3 September 1987 </Td> <Td> 24 July 1992 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ramaswamy Venkataraman </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Kocheril Raman Narayanan ( 1920 -- 2005 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1992 ( 99.86 ) </Td> <Td> 21 August 1992 </Td> <Td> 24 July 1997 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shankar Dayal Sharma </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> Krishan Kant ( 1927 -- 2002 ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1997 ( 61.76 ) </Td> <Td> 21 August 1997 </Td> <Td> 27 July 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kocheril Raman Narayanan ( 1997 -- 2002 ) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ( 2002 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Janata Dal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> Bhairon Singh Shekhawat ( 1923 -- 2010 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2002 ( 59.82 ) </Td> <Td> 19 August 2002 </Td> <Td> 21 July 2007 </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> A.P.J. Abdul Kalam </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bharatiya Janata Party </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> Mohammad Hamid Ansari ( 1937 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2007 ( 60.51 ) 2012 ( 67.31 ) </Td> <Td> 11 August 2007 </Td> <Td> 11 August 2017 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pratibha Patil ( 2007 -- 2012 ) Pranab Mukherjee ( 2012 -- 2017 ) Ram Nath Kovind ( 2017 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Indian National Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu ( 1949 -- ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2017 ( 67.89 ) </Td> <Td> 11 August 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ram Nath Kovind </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bharatiya Janata Party </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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