In the Vice President election, NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan emerged victorious. He defeated INDIA candidate Sudarshan Reddy by a margin of 152 votes. Radhakrishnan secured 452 votes, while Sudarshan Reddy received 300 votes. Reddy’s vote count fell short of expectations. The INDIA alliance had hoped for more votes, but they didn’t materialize. The alliance has 315 MPs in the Parliament, resulting in a shortfall of 15 votes.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X at 5:14 PM, stating that the opposition was united and all 315 MPs were present for voting, calling it an unprecedented 100% turnout. This claim suggests that the opposition was 15 votes short. Every party is now claiming that there were no cross-voters from their camp.
Meanwhile, the NDA has 427 MPs and received 25 extra votes. There are a total of 788 MPs in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Out of these, 781 MPs were eligible to vote, with 7 seats vacant. The NDA has 427 MPs out of 781, while the opposition has 354 MPs. The INDIA alliance accounts for 315 MPs. There are 39 MPs who are not aligned with either the NDA or the INDIA alliance. It is important to know how these 39 MPs voted.
Despite there being no whip in the Vice President election, the opposition managed to persuade all its members to vote. Highlighting the significance of the elections, two Lok Sabha members from the Trinamool Congress, Sudeep Bandopadhyay and Saugata Roy, arrived to vote despite being unwell.