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Venkaiah Naidu elected as next Vice President of India

FP Staff • August 5, 2017, 19:53:30 IST
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Venkaiah Naidu got 516 votes against opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s 244, said election officer Shemsher K Sharif.

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M Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the Vice-President of India. Naidu got 516 votes against opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi’s 244, said election officer Shemsher K Sharif. PTI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during the Vice Presidential election in the Parliament house, New Delhi. Modi congratulated Naidu on Twitter saying he is confident Naidu will ‘serve the nation as a diligent and dedicated Vice President’. PTI

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj casting her vote in the Vice Presidential election, in New Delhi on Saturday. 98.21 percent ofmembers of Parliament exercised their franchise, with 771 MPs out of 785 MPs voting. PTI

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Conceding his defeat, Opposition nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi said: “The election saw two victories - one of Naidu, another offree speech; the second victory belongs to all the people of India.” PTI

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Venkaiah Naidu, along with his wife Usha, daughter Deepa Venkat and granddaughter Sushma at his residence in New Delhi. A two-term member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha three times from Karnataka. He represented Rajasthan in the Upper House of Parliament before he was nominated to the vice president’s post by the NDA. PTI

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Women MP’s during Vice Presidential election, at Parliament House in New Delhi on Saturday. Venkaiah Naidu will be the 13th person to hold the second highest Constitutional post. PTI

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