Vice presidential polls LIVE: PM Modi congratulates Jagdeep Dhankhar on becoming Vice-President
Vice presidential polls LIVE: The 80-year-old Margaret Alva is a Congress veteran and has served as governor of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, while the 71-year-old Jagdeep Dhankhar is a Jat leader from Rajasthan with socialist background
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PM Modi meets Vice President-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met vice president-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday evening to congratulate him on his win.
BJP president JP Nadda also met Dhankhar at the residence of union minister Pralhad Joshi.
The meetings came soon after Dhankhar was declared winner in the vice presidential election with 528 votes in his favour against 182 bagged by joint opposition candidate Margaret Alva.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi congratulates Dhankhar
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi congratulated Jagdeep Dhankhar for becoming the 14th vice-president of India. He also thanked opposition candidate Margaret Alva for “representing the spirit of joint-opposition”.
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PM Modi congratulates Dhankhar on becoming Vice-President
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday to congratulate him on winning the vice-presidential polls.
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JP Nadda arrives to congratulate Jagdeep Dhankar
BJP chief JP Nadda arrived at the residence of NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar in Delhi on Saturday, as soon as he won the vice-presidential polls and was declared Vice-President of India.
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NDA’s Jagdeep Dhankhar to become new Vice-President
NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar has the vice presidential election by 346 votes. Opposition candidate Margret Alva received 182 votes in the election.
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Counting of votes underway; result expected soon
The counting of votes to declare the next vice president of India began on Saturday. The result is expected soon.
The voting began earlier this morning at 10 am and concluded at 5 pm. The contest is between NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar, a former West Bengal Governor and the front-runner, and opposition candidate Margret Alva, a former union minister.
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Around 93% of MPs vote in vice presidential poll
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.
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.
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Jairam Ramesh casts vote for Vice President election
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi.
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Over 85% MPs vote till 2 PM to elect next Vice President
Over 85 per cent votes were polled in the Vice Presidential election till 2 PM, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh casting their ballots early in the day, officials said.
Of the 780 MPs in both Houses — another eight Rajya Sabha seats are vacant — around 670 of them had cast their vote so far, they said.
The Trinamool Congress, which has 39 MPs, including 23 in Lok Sabha, has already announced its decision to abstain from this election.
National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Jagdeep Dhankhar (71) is pitted against Opposition’s Margaret Alva (80) for the post.
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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla casts his vote at Parliament House
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla arrived at the Parliament House in Delhi on Saturday to cast his vote for the Vice-Presidential elections
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/aiJISH8vCA
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived at the Parliament House on Saturday to cast his vote for the ongoing vice presidential polls.
Delhi | Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament pic.twitter.com/NKV8JZhRvD
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Congress MPs cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election
Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and K Suresh cast their votes to elect India’s next Vice President
Delhi | Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh, Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and K Suresh cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election. pic.twitter.com/IqzkaGo9e4
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived at the Parliament House on Saturday to cast her vote for the ongoing vice presidential polls.
Delhi | Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament pic.twitter.com/O5YX5PLqDH
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Congress chief Sonia Gandhi casts her vote at Parliament
Congress interim president and MP Sonia Gandhi casts her vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/vYQRyKym8v
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Vice-Presidential polls: Akali Dal supports NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said his party has supported NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar in the polling to elect the next Vice President of India.
Dhankhar is pitted against joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.
Read MoreShiromani Akali Dal supports a peasant's son, crusader for farmers' rights and the man who secured OBC status for the farming community (Jats) in his state, Sh Jagdeep Dhankhar for the Vice Presidency. 1/2@jdhankhar1 #VicePresidentialElection pic.twitter.com/Rs7xfpONkD
— Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) August 6, 2022
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Opposition’s candidate Margaret Alva holds a conversation with Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal
Delhi | Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva holds a conversation with Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal at the Parliament.
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
Voting for the VP election is underway. pic.twitter.com/NEhmOgb3so
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AAP MPs cast their votes for the vice presidential elections
AAP MPs Harbhajan Singh and Sanjay Singh, DMK MP Kanimozhi and BJP MP Ravi Kishan cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election.
Delhi | AAP MPs Harbhajan Singh and Sanjay Singh, DMK MP Kanimozhi and BJP MP Ravi Kishan cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election. pic.twitter.com/SPs5bcSEl7
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Who are entitled to vote in the vice presidential election?
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.
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Polling to elect next Vice President underway; Modi, former PM Manmohan Singh cast vote
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.
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 prime minister greeted those present with folded hands.
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 JP 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 others that have cast their vote so far.
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Opposition’s Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva arrives at the Parliament
The 80-year-old Margaret Alva is a Congress veteran and has served as governor of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand
Alva is likely to get over 200 votes, going by the support announced by parties for her candidature so far.
#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva arrives at the Parliament. Voting is underway for the VP polls today. pic.twitter.com/CcBLuzzw49
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh casts his vote
Delhi | Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election. pic.twitter.com/FwzDBWrGfL
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Dharmendra Pradhan cast votes
Delhi | Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Dharmendra Pradhan cast votes for the Vice Presidential election at Parliament pic.twitter.com/Z5irlDxbWm
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Union Minister Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal cast their votes
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Piyush Goyal along with BJP chief JP Nadda cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House.
Delhi | Union ministers Rajnath Singh & Piyush Goyal along with BJP chief JP Nadda cast votes for the Vice Presidential election at Parliament pic.twitter.com/J06yTFnv67
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Amit Shah casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election
Union Home Minister Amit Shah casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament
Delhi | Union Home Minister Amit Shah casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament pic.twitter.com/eH75fIzcRe
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Former PM and Congress MP Dr Manmohan Singh arrives at Parliament to cast his vote
Former Prime Minister and Congress MP Dr Manmohan Singh arrived at the Parliament House on Saturday to cast their vote in the vice-presidential elections.
Delhi | Former Prime Minister and Congress MP Dr Manmohan Singh arrives at the Parliament to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election. pic.twitter.com/OK0GsY5npL
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rajeev Chandrasekhar cast their vote
Union ministers Jyotiarditya Scindia and Rajeev Chandrasekhar cast their vote at Parliament House on Saturday for the vice-presidential elections.
Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Rajeev Chandrasekhar cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament. pic.twitter.com/rhbjeT8qwd
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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PM Modi casts his vote
Voted in the 2022 Vice President election. pic.twitter.com/I6bn4MFDu2
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 6, 2022
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TMC to not vote in vice-president polls
Trinamool Congress (TMC) had decided to abstain from the vote, as they pointed out on ’not been consulted” on Margaret Alva’s candidature.
TMC MP and Parliamentary Party leader in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay wrote to Sisir Adhikari, who is an MP from TMC, informing him to abstain from voting as decided by the party.
TMC MP and Parliamentary Party leader in Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay writes to Sisir Adhikari, who is still an MP from TMC, informing him to abstain from voting for Vice President election as decided and announced by the party. pic.twitter.com/Z9EwqAJNeu
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Union ministers cast their votes
Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Ashwini Vaishnaw cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election
Delhi | Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Ashwini Vaishnaw cast their votes for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament. pic.twitter.com/quciT0VxhD
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Polling to elect next Vice President begins; PM Modi casts vote
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.
The polling will continue till 5 pm, following which the counting of ballots will take place.
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar (71) is pitted against joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva (80).
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 10 August.
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#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election, at the Parliament pic.twitter.com/cJWlgGHea7
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
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Vice Presidential polls start
The votes will be counted today and the next Vice-President will take the oath of office on 11 August, a day after the term of the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends.
#JagdeepDhankhar vs #MargaretAlva | Voting for the Vice Presidential election begins.
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
Votes will be counted today itself and the next Vice-President will take the oath of office on August 11 – a day after the term of the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends. pic.twitter.com/bm2ILH5dYz
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Margaret Alva faces an uphill task
Margaret Alva can expect 26 per cent votes (around 200). She has the support of Congress, MK Stalin’s DMK, Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal, Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party and Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party and the Left parties.
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AAP to support Margaret Alva for Vice President
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday decided to extend its support to the joint opposition candidate Margaret Alva for Vice President.
The decision was taken in the meeting of party’s Political Affairs Committee.
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How many members will vote in the vice presidential election?
The electoral college in the vice presidential election comprises a total of 788 members of both Houses of Parliament.
Since all the electors are members of both Houses of Parliament, the value of vote of each MP would be the same, one, according to the Election Commission.
The election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote and the voting at such election is by secret ballot.
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Telugu Desam, BSP, BJD to vote for Jagdeep Dhankhar
Telugu Desam Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Biju Janta Dal will vote for NDA’s candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar today.
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‘Like Odisha stood behind Murmu,’ an appeal from Karnataka Congress
Karnataka Congress said as Odisha stood behind Droupadi Murmu who became the President of India last month, all Karnataka MPs should vote for Margaret Alva, a Kannadiga.
All Karnataka MPs, across party lines, should stand together and unitedly vote for a Kannadiga, Smt. Margaret Alva as VP, just as all of Orissa stood behind Smt Murmu when she was the candidate for President. It will be a matter of pride for Kannadigas.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) August 5, 2022
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TRS to Support Margaret Alva in Vice Presidential Poll
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) will support opposition nominee Margaret Alva in the Vice Presidential poll, party leader Keshav Rao said on Friday.
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Mayawati announces support for Jagdeep Dhankhar
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has announced her party’s support for NDA’s Vice-Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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BJP organises VP poll mock drill for NDA MPs
The BJP on Friday organised a mock voting drill for NDA coalition MPs ahead of the vice-presidential election.
BJP president J P Nadda and several Union ministers were present during the exercise. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and Union Minister Bhupender Yadav oversaw it.
After the exercise, NDA’s vice-presidential nominee Jagdeep Dhankar reached Parliament and thanked the MPs of the ruling alliance for nominating him as their candidate.
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Electoral fate of Dhankhar, Alva to be decided today
The 80-year-old Margaret Alva is a Congress veteran and has served as governor of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, while the 71-year-old Jagdeep Dhankhar is a Jat leader from Rajasthan with socialist background.
Polling for the #VicePresidentialElections2022 to be held today.
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
Jagdeep Dhankhar is the vice-presidential candidate of the ruling NDA, while the opposition, led by the Congress has chosen Margaret Alva as its candidate for the post
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Vice President elections to be held today
The Vice-Presidential elections will be held in the Parliament House from 10 am to 5 pm today and the results are likely later in the evening.
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