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Vice President Election Results: Venkaiah Naidu Elected As Next Vice-President Of India
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Updated : August 06, 2017 12:45 am IST
Vice Presidential Election 2017: Venkaiah Naidu will be India's next vice president. (PTI)
M Venkaiah Naidu, the candidate of the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, will be India's 13th Vice President. Mr Naidu received 516 votes defeating the opposition's candidate, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who got 244 votes. A total of 771 out of 785 parliamentarians voted in the election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the first to congratulate Mr Naidu on his victory. 90 per cent votes were polled within the first two hours, till 12 pm.
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M Venkaiah Naidu's victory margin of 272 votes is the highest in a vice presidential election in the last three decades. He received 516 votes, while the opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi received 244 votes.
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M Venkaiah Naidu, 68, was elected today as India's Vice President. Like the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance or NDA's Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, Mr Naidu comes from a humble background.
M Venkaiah Naidu, 68, was elected today as India's Vice President. Like the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance or NDA's Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, Mr Naidu comes from a humble background.
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Venkaiah Naidu will be next vice president
Naidu gets 516 votes against opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi's 244, says election officer Shemsher K
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Two BJP leaders - Sanwarlal Jat and Vijay Goel - are hospitalised and could not vote, BJP leaders said.
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The counting will begin at 6 pm and the result would be out by 7.15 pm.
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