Voting for Vice Presidential Elections Begins

New Delhi: The election for the post of Vice President began today, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi casting the first vote. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C. P. Radhakrishnan is contesting against INDIA bloc nominee and former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy.

Voting started at 10 AM and will continue till 5 PM. Counting of votes will be taken up after 6 PM.

• The Vice President is elected by an electoral college comprising members of both Houses of Parliament.

• Voting is conducted by secret ballot at the New Parliament Building.

• Every vote in the Vice-Presidential election carries equal value.

• At present, the Lok Sabha has 542 members and the Rajya Sabha has 239 members.

• This makes the electorate size 781, with the majority mark set at 391. DeshGujarat