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Ex-Bengal governor elected India’s vice-president

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Published: 21:11, 6 August 2022  
Ex-Bengal governor elected India’s vice-president

Jagdeep Dhankhar. Photo: Collected

Jagdeep Dhankhar, National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) nominee and former West Bengal governor who was pitted against joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva, became the 14th vice-president of India on Saturday after winning the 16th elections by an overwhelming majority.

The counting of votes for the vice-presidential election had begun at 6pm after 92.4 percent of the members of parliament cast their ballots.

Lok Sabha general secretariat Utpal K Singh said out of 780 votes, 725 cast their ballot and Dhankhar polled 528 votes, while Alva secured 182. There were 50 absentees and 15 votes were found invalid.

There were eight vacancies in Rajya Sabha — four from Jammu and Kashmir, three nominated and one from Tripura. There are 543 members in Lok Sabha and 237 in Rajya Sabha.

While the TMC did not participate in the election, only two lawmakers from the party. Shishir Adhikari and Debyandu Adhikari voted.

The counting started under the supervision of the Lok Sabha secretary general, who is the returning officer for the poll. As many as 725 MPs voted in the election, polling for which started at 10am and ended at 5pm.

 

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