Election for Vice President to Take Place at Parliament House Complex Today; Counting of Votes at 6 PM

The election for the post of Vice President will be held today. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan will face the INDIA bloc’s nominee and former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy in this election. The Vice President is elected by an electoral college consisting of members of both Houses of Parliament. The election of the Vice President is held by the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
 
 
 
The voting in this election is held by a secret ballot. Members of the Electoral College can vote according to their choice or wish and are not bound by any party whip. The value of every vote cast in the Vice-Presidential election has the same value. Presently, the Lok Sabha has 542 Members and the Rajya Sabha has 239 Members.
 
 
 
The electorate for the Vice Presidential election this time is 781, and the majority mark at 391. The voting will begin at 10 AM and will continue till 5 PM. Counting of votes will be held after 6 PM onwards. For the first time, the Election of the Vice President will be held at the New Parliament Building. The election is necessitated due to the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar in July this year.