National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Chandrapuram Ponnusamy (CP) Radhakrishnan elected to be the next Vice President of India as he won the Vice-Presidential poll on Tuesday.
Radhakrishnan defeated the joint Opposition candidate former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy.
NDA candidate secured 452 votes while the INDIA bloc nominee got 300 votes. Announcing the result, Rajya Sabha General Secretary PC Modi stated, “NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan got 452 first preference votes. He has been elected as the Vice President of India… Opposition’s vice-presidential candidate Justice Sudershan Reddy secured 300 first preference votes.” Voting to elect India’s next Vice President began at 10 am on Tuesday and continued till 5 pm. PM Modi was the first among the members to cast his vote.
