The Vice Presidential election saw NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan emerge victorious over INDIA’s Sudarshan Reddy. Radhakrishnan secured 452 votes, while Reddy received 300, resulting in a victory margin of 152 votes. The opposition, primarily the Congress party, has argued that despite the numbers, the election represents a moral and political defeat for the BJP. Voting commenced at 10 am on September 9th and concluded at 5 pm. Results were announced approximately two and a half hours later. The Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha and the Returning Officer, P C Modi, announced a voting percentage of 98.2%. Out of a total of 781 members in the electoral college, 767 cast their votes, including one postal ballot, with 15 votes deemed invalid.
Opposition Alleges Moral Defeat for BJP Despite Victory in Vice Presidential Election
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