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Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first voter in the 2025 Vice Presidential election, casting his ballot at the new Parliament building. He was accompanied by Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Ram Mohan Naidu. The election is to fill the post left vacant after Jagdeep Dhankhar 's sudden resignation. The contest is between Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) candidate, Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, and the opposition INDIA bloc's candidate, former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy.

Voting timeline

Voting, counting of votes, and results

Voting for the Vice Presidential election started at 10:00am and will continue till 5:00pm, with counting of votes to begin at 6:00pm. The results are expected later in the evening. The ele

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