CP Radhakrishnan Elected India’s 15th Vice-President, Wins Comfortably Over Opposition Nominee B Sudershan Reddy

NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan has been elected as the new Vice-President of India.

Radhakrishnan won the election with 452 first-preference votes, defeating the opposition candidate, B Sudershan Reddy, a former judge of the Supreme Court, who polled 300 votes. The results were announced by Returning Officer PC Mody.

Radhakrishnan, a former Governor of Maharashtra and Jharkhand, secured a clear majority with the support of BJP MPs and allies.

Brisk voting took place on Tuesday (9 September) to elect the new Vice-President, with over 98 per cent of MPs casting their ballot, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the first to exercise his franchise. He was accompanied by Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jitendra Singh and L Murugan.

Polling for the vice-president election, in which members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were eligible to vote, began at 10 am in the new Parliament building and continued till 5 pm. Counting of votes began at 6 pm.

Three parties, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Odisha, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of Punjab, and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of Telangana, had declared their intent to abstain from the polls. Their declaration, however, made little difference to the poll arithmetic.

Here Is All You Need To Know About CP Radhakrishnan

CP Radhakrishnan (born 20 October 1957) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He served as the Governor of Maharashtra from July 2024 and earlier held the governorship of Jharkhand for nearly one and a half years.

A two-time Lok Sabha MP and former BJP Tamil Nadu president (2004-2007), he has long been active in public life, with roots in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Bharatiya Janasangh.

Born in Tiruppur, he holds a degree in Business Administration and belongs to the Gounder community, an OBC group in Tamil Nadu.

Known for his work to empower marginalised communities, he has been praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his humility, intellect, and grassroots engagement.

Outside politics, Radhakrishnan has been a college-level champion in table tennis and a long-distance runner, and he continues to enjoy cricket and volleyball.

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