NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan elected vice president

National Democratic Alliance candidate CP Radhakrishnan defeated Opposition INDIA bloc’s Sudershan Reddy in the vice presidential election held on Tuesday.

While Radhakrishnan won 452 votes, Reddy secured 300 votes.

According to the Election Commission, 767 votes were polled, out of which 752 were found valid and 15 were invalid. Therefore, a candidate needed 377 votes to win the election.

MPs from the Biju Janata Dal, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi and the Shiromani Akali Dal did not vote.

The vice president is also the Rajya Sabha chairperson.

The election was necessitated after Jagdeep Dhankar resigned from the post on July 21 “to prioritise health care and abide by medical advice”. He had become the vice president on August 11, 2022, and his five-year term would have concluded in 2027.

The vice president is chosen by the electoral college, which consists of elected as well as nominated members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. Unlike in the president’s election, state legislators do not vote.

Voting happens in the Parliament building by secret ballot. MPs rank the candidates in order of their choice.

For this election, the electoral college consisted of 12 nominated members and 233 elected members of the Upper House, and 543 Lok Sabha MPs.

Radhakrishnan has been the Maharashtra governor since July 2024. He previously served as...

Read more