NDA Candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected as the 14th Vice President of India. In the election held today, he won by 346 votes over opposition’s candidate Margaret Alva.
Returning Officer & Secretary General, Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh hands over Winning Certificate to #JagdeepDhankhar, winning candidate of the Vice Presidential Election, 2022.@jdhankhar1 #VicePresidentialElections2022 pic.twitter.com/P1tIt5dHWo
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Briefing media at the parliament house, returning officer for the vice presidential election and Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh said that out of 780 votes of Members of Parliament, Jagdeep Dhankhar got 528 votes while Margaret Alva could garner 182 votes. He said, 15 votes were remained invalid.
Union Home Minister @AmitShah meets Vice President elect #JagdeepDhankhar@jdhankhar1 @AmitShahOffice #VicePresidentialElection pic.twitter.com/o1vtAuUC9K
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Regional parties like Janata Dal (United), YSRCP, BSP, AIADMK and the TDP have supported NDA’s candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar. Along the UPA allies, Aam Admi Party, TRS and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha have supported Mrs. Alva in the election. Ont the other hand, All India Trinamool Congress decided to abstain from the vice presidential election.
Defence Minister @rajnathsingh meets Vice President elect #JagdeepDhankhar #VicePresidentialElection @jdhankhar1 pic.twitter.com/08FaiOi1nv
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The vice president is also the chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Present Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu’s term is ending on 10th of this month.
PM Modi meets Vice President elect #JagdeepDhankhar @PMOIndia @narendramodi @jdhankhar1 @VPSecretariat pic.twitter.com/1RPbexLYlC
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Earlier in the morning, as the polling process began, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla were among the firsts to cast their votes.
BJP President JP Nadda, former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Union Ministers Anurag Singh Thakur, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Dr. S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhupender Yadav, Dharmendra Pradhan and Congress President Sonia Gandhi among others have cast their votes.
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