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NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar elected India's next Vice President, defeats Margaret Alva: Top developments

Vice-Presidential Election: BJP-led NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar won the vice presidential election by defeating his rival and joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. The 71-year-old former West Bengal governor received 528 out of 725 valid votes in his favour.

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Updated Aug 6, 2022, 21:51 IST

NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar elected India's next Vice President

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New Delhi: Jagdeep Dhankhar, National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) candidate and former Governor for the state of West Bengal has been elected the 14^th Vice-President of India after winning by an overwhelming majority on Saturday. Dhankhar was in the fray against joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva.

Declaring the results of the 16th Vice-Presidential election, Lok Sabha General-Secretary Utpal K Singh who was the returning officer for the poll said, “NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar won by 346 votes as he bagged 528 of the total 725 votes that were cast. While 15 were termed invalid, Opposition candidate Margret Alva received 182 votes in the election.”

Dhankar will be administered the oath to office on August 11.

Here are top developments from the Vice-Presidential elections:

Around 93 percent polling was recorded in the vice-presidential election on Saturday as more than 50 MPs did not exercise their franchise. According to reports, out of a total of 780 MPs, as many as 725 MPs voted till 5 pm when the polling concluded.
The polling to elect the next Vice President of India began at 10 am with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being among the first ones to vote and ended at 5 pm. The counting started under thesupervision of Lok Sabha General-Secretary Utpal K Singh, who was the returning officer for the poll.
BJP-led NDA nominee Jagdeep Dhankhar won the vice presidential election by defeating his rival and joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. The 71-year-old former West Bengal governor received 528 out of 725 valid votes in his favour. The 80-year-old Alva secured 182 votes.
PrimeMinister Narendra Modi met Jagdeep Dhankhar to congratulate him on his election as the Vice President of India. BJP chief JP Nadda also arrived at the residence of Dhankhar in Delhi after his win. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah took to social media and congratulated Dhankhar on being elected as the next Vice President of India.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC), which has 39 MPs, including 23 in Lok Sabha, had announced its decision to abstain from the vice presidential election. However, two of its MPs -- Sisir Kumar Adhikari and Dibyendu Adhikari -- broke ranks and cast their ballots.

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