Vice President Election 2025 Highlights| Ideological battle continues: Sudershan Reddy after CP Radhakrishnan's victory

Hanuman Beniwal, Chandra Shekhar Azad extend support to Oppn nominee

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party's Hanuman Beniwal and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)'s Chandra Shekhar Azad met the opposition's vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Monday and extended their support to him for the polls.

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Vice President Election 2025 Live | All hands on deck as BJP goes all out to ensure victory

In the run up to the vice-presidential elections, the BJP has left no stone unturned to ensure the victory of the NDA candidate C P Radhakrishnan.

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Vice President Election 2025 Updates| VP polls on September 9: A look back at how India has voted for its vice presidents

For the vice presidential polls, the electoral college consists of 233 elected members of the Rajya Sabha (five seats are currently vacant), 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha and 543 elected members of the Lok Sabha (one seat is currently vacant)

The electoral college comprises a total of 788 members (781 presently). The polling will commence at 10 AM and close at 5 PM on September 9.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates| Polling set to begin at 10 am

Vice President Election 2025 Updates| CP Radhakrishnan leaves from Maharashtra Sadan

Vice President Election 2025 Updates| Who is CP Radhakrishnan?

Fondly known as CPR, Radhakrishnan hails from the influential Gounder community, a section of which has extended support to the saffron party over the past decade. A former chief of the Tamil Nadu BJP, he is credited with growing the party in the in the communally sensitive city of Coimbatore.

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Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Who is B Sudershan Reddy?

He was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on May 2, 1995. Later, Reddy was appointed as Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on December 5, 2005. On January 12, 2007, Reddy was appointed as Supreme Court judge, a position which he held on for more than four years before retiring on July 8, 2011.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Radhakrishnan nominates Ram Mohan Naidu, Sanjay Kumar Jha as his polling agents

NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan has nominated Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu and JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha as his polling agents for today's Vice President polling and counting.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Where is the former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar? asks Sachin Pilot

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | For 50 days now, Dhankar has maintained silence: Jairam Ramesh

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Cong hits out at YSRCP for supporting NDA nominee in VP polls

Ahead of the vice presidential poll, the Congress on Tuesday attacked YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy for supporting NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and accused him of betrayal for not standing with democratic forces.

In a post on X, Congress leader Manickam Tagore said the people of Andhra Pradesh will not forget his "betrayal" by choosing to support an RSS candidate out of "fear" of CBI cases over the interests of Andhra Pradesh.

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Vice President Election 2025 Updates | PM Modi arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Numbers are fine but this voting is done on the basis of one's conscience: Akhilesh Yadav

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Independent MPs Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa and Amritpal Singh to boycott the elections

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | HD Deve Gowda arrives at the Parliament to cast his vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | I have received love from people and a positive response from civil society: Sudershan Reddy

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Cong hits out at YSRCP for supporting NDA nominee in VP polls

 Ahead of the vice presidential poll, the Congress on Tuesday attacked YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy for supporting NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and accused him of betrayal for not standing with democratic forces.

In a post on X, Congress leader Manickam Tagore said the people of Andhra Pradesh will not forget his "betrayal" by choosing to support an RSS candidate out of "fear" of CBI cases over the interests of Andhra Pradesh.

"History won't forget Mr @ysjagan's betrayal. By supporting an RSS-backed candidate for Vice President, he has chosen fear of CBI cases over the interests of Andhra Pradesh," he said.

"This is not about strategy. This is about surrender - surrendering to Modi - Babu's pressure, instead of standing with democratic forces," Tagore said.

The Congress leader said Jagan's "compromise" today will be remembered as the day "he placed his personal survival above people's mandate."

"Andhra deserved courage. He chose cowardice," he alleged.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | INDIA bloc will fight the elections together: D K Shivakumar

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Jairam Ramesh Arjun Ram Meghwal, Kiren Rijiju interact with each other during Vice Presidential election voting process

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Sudershan Reddy ji has all the chances of winning: Kharge

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Sonia Gandhi arrives to cast her vote

Polling begins for Vice President Elections

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Rahul Gandhi arrives to cast his vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Nitin Gadkari casts his vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Rahul Gandhi casts his vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Dimple Yadav casts her vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Chirag Paswan casts his vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Shashi Tharoor casts his vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | AAP MP Sanjay Singh extends support to Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy

"Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal and the party have decided to support Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy and vote for him. Our MPs will vote for him...There is no such possibility (of cross-voting) in our party...All our votes will go to Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy...In the Constitution Club election, BJP members did cross-voting and voted against the Modi-Amit Shah's desired candidate...So, if something like that happens, there can be unexpected results," he said.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | CP Radhakrishnan will win the VP elections with good majority: NCP MP Praful Patel

NCP MP Praful Patel says, "NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan will win the Vice-Presidential elections with a good majority...Under PM Modi's leadership, the nation is progressing..."

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Rajya Sabha MP Ujjwal Nikam extends support to NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan

He said, "NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan will win the Vice Presidential election. The opposition is adopting a strategy of bogus propaganda, in which they will fail..."

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | We don't know why Jagdeep Dhankhar sahab resigned: Congress MP Manickam Tagore

He said, "We don't know why Jagdeep Dhankhar sahab resigned. He was forced to resign. Suddenly, the election came into the picture. In the meeting, we decided not to field our party person. We will find a neutral person. Therefore, the consensus was on Justice Sudershan Reddy, whose credentials for honesty and for his neutrality have been celebrated across India...We will be able to know who is really helping the BJP or whether they are standing with the Constitution"

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | 762 MPs vote, 14 announce abstention

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | 'Radhakrishnan has definitely won,' claims Union Minister Ram Nath Thakur

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | 766 MPs cast vote; poll to end at 5 PM

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | AIMIM National President Asaduddin Owaisi casts vote

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | FM Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote for the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Polling ends; counting of votes to begin at 6 PM

Voting concluded in the vice presidential elections on Tuesday where NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan is locked in a direct contest with joint opposition nominee B Sudershan Reddy. The voting in the elections began at 10 AM and concluded at 5 PM.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | 'True spirit of Parl democracy': Kiren Rijiju thanks MPs for voting

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Opposition stood united; all of its 315 MPs turned up for voting in VP polls: Congress

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, "The Opposition has stood united. ALL of its 315 MPs have turned up for voting." "This is an unprecedented 100% turnout," he said on X.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Counting of votes begins

Counting of votes started at 6 pm, and the results will be announced late evening.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Over 98% turnout; counting of votes underway

Counting of votes in the vice presidential election began at 6 PM on Tuesday after over 98 per cent of MPs exercised their franchise in the contest between NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy.

The polling concluded at 5 PM with over 98 per cent of votes being cast in the election, while 12 MPs out of 781 did not vote.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan gets 452 votes, Oppn's Reddy secures 300

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Winning NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan got 452 votes, at least 13 MPs cross voted

NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan was elected as India's new vice president after voting on Tuesday. He kissed victory with 452 votes. Opposition's VP candidate Sudershan Reddy secured only 300 votes. The Vice President Election 2025 witnessed cross voting by at least 13 MPs, while 14 MPs abstained from casting their vote.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Sudershan Reddy congratulates CP Radhakrishnan for win

"Today, the MPs have rendered their verdict in the election for the office of the Vice President of India. I humbly accept this outcome with an abiding faith in the democratic processes of our great Republic... I wish the Vice President-elect Shri CP Radhakrishnan the very best as he embarks upon his tenure," Reddy said.

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Best wishes to C P Radhakrishnan on securing victory: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

Vice President Election 2025 Updates | Ideological battle continues with ever greater vigour: Reddy after VP poll defeat

Sudershan Reddy

In a statement issued soon after NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan was declared elected to the post of vice president, Reddy said that though the result was not in his favour, the larger cause "we have collectively sought to advance, remains undiminished".

"The ideological battle continues with ever greater vigour," Reddy said.

Your elevation to august office reflects trust and confidence by representatives of our nation: Former VP Dhankhar to C P Radhakrishnan