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Vice President election 2025 highlights: PM Modi meets, felicitates CP Radhakrishnan
Vice President election 2025 highlights: The current strength of the electoral college is 781, with six seats vacant in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Lok Sabha. The NDA has the backing of 425 MPs, while the Opposition bloc holds the support of 324.
- 10:34 PM IST, Sep 9PM Modi felicitates CP Radhakrishnan
- 9:35 PM IST, Sep 9Former PM HD Devegowda congratulates CP Radhakrishnan
- 9:05 PM IST, Sep 9PM Modi congratulates CP Radhakrishnan
- 8:50 PM IST, Sep 9Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge extends ‘best wishes’ to CP Radhakrishnan
- 8:27 PM IST, Sep 9President Murmu congratulates CP Radhakrishnan
- 8:22 PM IST, Sep 9Celebrations outside BJP office in Chennai
- 8:09 PM IST, Sep 9‘Humbly accept this outcome,’ says Sudershan Reddy after results declared
- 8:03 PM IST, Sep 9Jairam Ramesh says Opposition stood 'united' in V-P polls
- 7:58 PM IST, Sep 9Home Minister Amit Shah congratulates CP Radhakrishnan
- 7:55 PM IST, Sep 9How B Sudershan Reddy helped show Opposition unity
- 7:41 PM IST, Sep 9What CP Radhakrishnan's election as Vice President means for BJP, India's politics
- 7:32 PM IST, Sep 9CP Radhakrishnan elected as 15th Vice President
- 7:19 PM IST, Sep 9‘This is a fight for the Constitution,’ said Sudershan Reddy
- 7:03 PM IST, Sep 998 per cent of MPs voted in V-P elections
- 6:34 PM IST, Sep 9Who did not vote in the Vice President election?
- 6:16 PM IST, Sep 9Counting for V-P election begins
- 5:48 PM IST, Sep 9Congress says all of 315 Opposition MPs turned up for voting
- 5:42 PM IST, Sep 9Voting concludes, voting to begin at 6 pm
- 5:23 PM IST, Sep 9What are the perks and salary of the Vice President of India?
- 4:53 PM IST, Sep 9Who is voting for whom?
- 3:53 PM IST, Sep 9‘Have fielded Justice Sudershan Reddy to make sure that the Constitution of India is protected,’ says CPI(M) MP
- 3:23 PM IST, Sep 9BJD, BRS and Akali Dal staying neutral in VP poll a jolt to BJP, says Sanjay Raut
- 3:08 PM IST, Sep 996 per cent polling recorded by 3 PM: Report
- 2:46 PM IST, Sep 9AAP's Sanjay Singh accuses abstaining parties of backing BJP in Vice Presidential poll
- 2:34 PM IST, Sep 9BJP MP says ‘no chances of cross-voting’
- 2:16 PM IST, Sep 9CP Radhakrishnan’s remarkable journey will ensure victory with full majority, says Anurag Thakur
- 2:03 PM IST, Sep 9Chirag Paswan backs CP Radhakrishnan, says NDA united and set for big win
- 1:54 PM IST, Sep 9How MPs choose the Vice President | Voting process explained
- 1:47 PM IST, Sep 9Who participates in VP poll?
- 1:30 PM IST, Sep 9Nitin Gadkari, Mallikarjun Kharge cast vote
- 1:08 PM IST, Sep 9Shashi Tharoor casts vote at Parliament House
- 1:06 PM IST, Sep 9Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote | Watch
- 12:54 PM IST, Sep 9Don't want to go into chronology, says Akhilesh Yadav
- 12:35 PM IST, Sep 9Union home minister Amit Shah casts his vote
- 12:19 PM IST, Sep 9Union minister Suresh Gopi casts vote, says poll reflects ‘fairness, truthfulness, effectiveness’
- 12:06 PM IST, Sep 9Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra casts her vote
- 11:59 AM IST, Sep 9Cong’s Shaktisinh Gohil backs B Sudershan Reddy, says INDIA bloc candidate had a ‘dotless career’
- 11:51 AM IST, Sep 9Congress MP Shashi Tharoor casts his vote
- 11:42 AM IST, Sep 9Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi cast their votes
- 11:36 AM IST, Sep 9BJP MP Anurag Thakur confident of NDA candidate’s victory, says, ‘Wait for the results…’
- 11:26 AM IST, Sep 9BJP’s PP Chaudhary says, ‘Many INDIA bloc MPs may vote for CP Radhakrishnan’
- 11:15 AM IST, Sep 9Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh slams ex-SC judge B Sudershan Reddy for ‘extending Naxal problem’ in Chhattisgarh
- 11:09 AM IST, Sep 9Congress leader Imran Masood says, ‘VP election is about saving the soul of the nation’
- 11:03 AM IST, Sep 9Congress leader Jairam Ramesh engages with Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kiren Rijiju at VP election | Watch
- 10:55 AM IST, Sep 9NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule says post should go to someone who upholds national interest
- 10:46 AM IST, Sep 9Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kiren Rijiju among early voters
- 10:40 AM IST, Sep 9Union minister Pralhad Joshi says, ‘Confident of a thumping majority win’
- 10:33 AM IST, Sep 9INDIA bloc nominee B Sudershan Reddy confident of victory, denies cross-voting claims
- 10:23 AM IST, Sep 9AIADMK MP M Thambidurai says party backs Radhakrishnan in VP poll, criticises DMK
- 10:12 AM IST, Sep 9Voting begins; PM Modi casts first vote
- 9:59 AM IST, Sep 9Numbers favour NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan, 427 likely to vote in favour
- 9:49 AM IST, Sep 9Cong slams YSRCP over support to NDA VP candidate
- 9:35 AM IST, Sep 9Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to be first to cast vote
- 9:31 AM IST, Sep 9Shiromani Akali Dal boycotts VP election, cites Centre and state for flood relief failures
- 9:16 AM IST, Sep 9SP MP Awadhesh Prasad says ‘VP election pits those who protect the Constitution against those who undermine it’
- 9:08 AM IST, Sep 9Oppn nominee Sudershan Reddy meets key allies in Delhi, including Beniwal and Chandrasekhar
- 9:04 AM IST, Sep 9NDA’s candidate Radhakrishnan says victory will boost Indian nationalism
- 8:57 AM IST, Sep 9Shashi Tharoor says Oppn MPs will vote in VP election, but NDA holds numerical advantage
- 8:44 AM IST, Sep 9NDA’s VP candidate CP Radhakrishnan offers prayers at Shree Ram Mandir in Delhi's Lodhi Road
- 8:40 AM IST, Sep 9‘CP Radhakrishnan will win 100%,’ says BJP MP Rambhai Mokariya
- 8:26 AM IST, Sep 9How is VP election conducted? Explained
- 8:15 AM IST, Sep 9Why Jagdeep Dhankhar tendered resignation before expiry of term?
- 8:02 AM IST, Sep 9A look at numbers
- 7:50 AM IST, Sep 9NDA names Shrikant Shinde as its authorised representative
- 7:45 AM IST, Sep 9BRS to boycott vice president election, KT Rama Rao explains reason
- 7:36 AM IST, Sep 9What is the majority mark?
- 7:30 AM IST, Sep 9Stage set for Radhakrishnan vs Sudershan Reddy contest; polling starts at 10 am
Vice President election 2025 highlights: BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's candidate CP Radhakrishnan, who has served as the Governor of several states, was declared winner of the Vice President elections held on Tuesday, September 9, in the Parliament. Polling for the high-stakes Vice-Presidential election commenced earlier in the day, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi casting the first vote. The voting was held till 5 pm, and the counting began after 6 pm....Read More
It was a straight fight between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s CP Radhakrishnan and the Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA bloc) nominee B Sudershan Reddy in the vice-presidential election, with the BJP-led alliance holding an edge based on its numerical strength in both Houses. The contest came after Jagdeep Dhankhar unexpectedly resigned as vice-president on July 21, citing the need to “prioritise health care and abide by medical advice.”
On Monday, both the ruling NDA and the Opposition’s INDIA bloc held separate meetings in the Parliament complex, projecting strength and guiding MPs on the voting procedure. Mock polls were conducted to ensure members cast their votes correctly.
At the Opposition camp, MPs were cautioned against wasting votes, recalling that some ballots were declared invalid in the last vice-presidential election. They were instructed to mark only ‘1’ against their preferred candidate and not indicate a second preference, which is counted only in the rare event of a tie.
What to know about today’s VP election
• Polling for the vice-presidential election, in which MPs from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are entitled to vote, was held in the new Parliament building.
• The election was conducted through a secret ballot, and Members of Parliament were not bound by party whips in casting their votes.
• There are 39 MPs unaffiliated with either of the two main blocs. Among them, the YSR Congress had declared its support for Radhakrishnan, while AIMIM’s lone MP Asaduddin Owaisi has pledged his vote to Reddy.
• Union minister Kiren Rijiju had voiced confidence that the majority of the 39 MPs will back Radhakrishnan, describing him as a "nationalist and a very good person".
• Meanwhile, two other unaligned parties, the BJD and the BRS, had said they would abstain from voting in the September 9 election. The Shiromani Akali Dal, once a BJP ally, also announced it would boycott the poll, alleging that flood-affected people in Punjab have not received assistance from the state government, the Centre or the Congress.
• The electoral college for the vice-presidential election consists of 788 members in total – 245 from the Rajya Sabha and 543 from the Lok Sabha. The 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha are also entitled to vote.
• At present, the strength of the electoral college stands at 781, with six vacancies in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Lok Sabha, setting the majority mark at 391. The NDA commands the support of 425 MPs, while the Opposition bloc has 324 on its side.
• The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), which has 11 MPs and is not aligned with either camp, had announced its support for the NDA candidate. In contrast, the BRS and the BJD have chosen to stay away from the September 9 election for the country’s second-highest constitutional post.
• The NDA had nominated Maharashtra governor C P Radhakrishnan, an OBC leader from the Goundar-Kongu Vellalar community, as its candidate for the vice-presidential election. The 68-year-old BJP leader, deeply rooted in RSS ideology, is regarded within the party as a soft-spoken and non-controversial figure. He is the only BJP politician from Tamil Nadu to have secured two consecutive Lok Sabha wins, in 1998 and 1999, and has been serving as Maharashtra governor since July 31 2024.
