Jagdeep Dhankhar, a candidate for the NDA and a former governor of West Bengal, easily won the vice presidential election on Saturday with 528 votes. Margaret Alva, who was backed election by the opposition and received fewer than 200 votes, was defeated by him.
At Parliament House in New Delhi, voting for the country’s new vice president began on Saturday at 10 am and ended at 5 pm.
“NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar, received 528 of the 725 total votes cast, giving him a victory margin of 346 votes. Margaret Alva, the opposition candidate, garnered 182 votes, while 15 were ruled invalid “Utpal K. Singh, the general secretary of the Lok Sabha, stated the results.
He received 74.36 percent of the total valid votes in election. In the previous six vice presidential elections held since 1997, he had the largest margin of victory.
Dhankhar, 71, succeeds incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu, whose term ends on August 10. He will also serve as the Rajya Sabha chairman. Dhankhar will serve as the nation’s fourteenth vice president.
India’s new president Droupadi Murmu, congratulated Dhankar and said that the country would profit from his extensive and valuable public life experience.
After the results were announced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally congratulated Jagdeep Dhankhar by calling him at his home in New Delhi.
Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh were among the BJP leaders and ministers to congratulate Dhankhar on his victory.
Alva, Dhankhar’s opponent, congratulated him on Twitter and thanked all the opposition MPs who supported her during the election.
The fight to save our Constitution, strengthen our democracy, and restore the dignity of Parliament, according to Alva, will go on.
Alva also made fun of several opposition figures who supported Dhankhar, claiming that their credibility had been harmed.
In an effort to undermine the notion of a united opposition, she said, “unfortunately, some opposition parties chose to directly/indirectly help BJP, hurting their own credibility.”
Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader, praised Alva for “expressing the spirit of the joint opposition with grace and dignity” and congratulated Dhankhar.
Up to 725 MPs, including current Prime Minister Narendra Modi and previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, participated in today’s voting for the nation’s second-highest constitutional position.
It was reported that 93% of voters cast ballots, with more than 50 MPs not doing so. While opposition leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi voted in election a little after noon, Prime Minister Modi and his predecessor Manmohan cast their ballots earlier in the day.
The Trinamool Congress, which has 39 MPs and 23 in the Lok Sabha, had previously declared its intention to not vote. Sisir Kumar Adhikari and Dibyendu Adhikari, two of its MPs, broke ranks and cast their votes.
Among the leaders who arrived early at the Parliament Building were home minister Amit Shah, defense minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president J P Nadda, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, and commerce minister and leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal.
