Vice President election result 2022: NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar is Vice President of India- How it happened
Vice President election 2022 voting update: The voting has begun to select the new Vice President of India.
Vice President election 2022: Vice President election 2022 result: NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar won by 346 votes as he bagged 528 of the total 725 votes that were cast. While 15 were termed invalid, Opposition candidate Margret Alva received 182 votes in the election said Lok Sabha General Secretary Utpal K Singh late on Saturday.NDA Candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was pitted against opposition' Margaret Alva. Current Vice President Venkaiah Naidu's tenure will end on August 10.
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Vice President Election 2022 Winner
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar declared the Vice President of India
Vice President Election 2022
The Trinamool Congress, which has 39 MPs, including 23 in Lok Sabha, has already announced its decision to abstain from the election. However, two of its MPs -- Sisir Kumar Adhikari and Dibyendu Adhikari -- broke ranks and cast their ballots. Polling to elect the next Vice President of India began at 10 am, with Modi being among the first ones to vote.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in a wheelchair and needed support to stand up and vote. CPM MP John Brittas was among those who helped the veteran leader in exercising his franchise. The two-term former prime minister greeted those present with folded hands.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh cast their ballots early in the day, while opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi voted a little after noon, the officials said.
Vice President Election 2022 total voting
Around 93 per cent polling was recorded in the vice presidential election on Saturday, with more than 50 MPs not exercising their franchise.
Officials said of the total 780 MPs, as many as 725 MPs voted till 5 pm when the polling concluded.Vice President election 2022 result to be declared shortly
Voting for the Vice President post stands over in Parliament. The results of the same will be declared today
Vice President election 2022: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament
Vice President Election 2022 Voting
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament
Vice Presidential election 2022: Voting underway
Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and K Suresh cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament, in Delhi.
Hema Malini Casts Vote
BJP MP and actress Hema Malini casts her vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament in Delhi.
Vice President Election: Who have voted so far?
Home Minister Amit Shah and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan were among the leaders who turned up early at the Parliament House. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president J P Nadda, and Commerce Minister and Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal arrived together to cast their vote. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh, BJP chief whip Rakesh Singh, Telangana Rashtra Samithi MPs and Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party's Raghu Rama Krishna Raju vote were among the other that have cast their vote so far.
What is majority mark for Vice President election 2022?
There are 790 members in the electoral college, including 233 elected members and 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha, and 543 elected members and two nominated members of the Lok Sabha. To emerge victorious, a candidate will have secure 390 votes
Vice President election 2022: TMC abstains from Voting
India`s second largest Opposition party after the Congress, the Trinamool Congress had decided to abstain from the voting, saying it `not been consulted` on Margaret Alva`s candidature.
NDA candidate Dhankhar has the support from regional parties like the Janata Dal (United), YSRCP, BSP and Shiv Sena, and is set for an easy win while opposition candidate Alva is being supported by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).Vice President Election 2022: Who can vote?
With the ruling BJP having an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha and 91 members in the Rajya Sabha, Dhankhar has a clear edge over his rival. He is likely to succeed incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu, whose tenure ends on August 10. All MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, are entitled to vote in the vice presidential election.
The two Houses of Parliament together have a sanctioned strength of 788 MPs, of which there are eight vacancies in the Upper House. Hence, 780 MPs are eligible to cast their ballot in this election.Vice President election counting of votes
The voting, which began at 10 a.m., will conclude at 5 p.m. After counting of votes in the evening, the next Vice President will be elected.
Vice President tenure and oath taking ceremony
The Vice President will take the oath of office on August 11, as the term of the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10.
Polling to elect the next Vice President of India began at 10 am, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being among the first ones to cast vote.
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