{"id":437,"date":"2025-09-09T20:08:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=437"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:38:36","slug":"c-p-radhakrishnan-elected-new-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"C.P. Radhakrishnan elected new Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" data-id=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VP.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VP.png 400w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VP-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/VP-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi, NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan was on Tuesday elected as the new Vice President, securing a comfortable victory in what was billed as a rare \u2018South vs South\u2019 electoral contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Announcing the results, Rajya Sabha Secretary-General P.C. Mody said that Radhakrishnan polled 452 first preference votes, defeating opposition nominee and former Supreme Court judge Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy, who received 300 first preference votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election witnessed a strong turnout with 752 members casting their votes out of the total 782 in the electoral college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President is chosen by an electoral college comprising members of both Houses of Parliament \u2013 233 elected and 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha (which presently has five vacancies) and 543 members of the Lok Sabha (one vacancy). This year\u2019s contest carried symbolic weight as both candidates hailed from the South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radhakrishnan, a veteran leader from Tamil Nadu with a long-standing association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was pitched by the NDA as a grassroots leader with administrative experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Reddy (retd), from Telangana, was projected by the opposition as a distinguished legal mind who could strengthen constitutional values in the second-highest office of the land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election was conducted through a secret ballot, following the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radhakrishnan\u2019s victory adds to the NDA\u2019s tally of key constitutional positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The election was necessitated by the sudden resignation of incumbent Jagdeep Dhankhar, whose term was to last till 2027, in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Vice President, Radhakrishnan will also function as the ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, a role that places him at the heart of parliamentary proceedings, amid the frequent disruptions that have affected the sessions of both houses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. 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