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CP Radhakrishnan, Maharashtra Governor and NDA candidate, was elected 15th Vice-President of India, defeating B Sudershan Reddy by 152 votes, with 452 lawmakers supporting him.
The brother of newly elected Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, CP Kumaresh, expressed his happiness (ANI)
NDA candidate and Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan was on Tuesday elected 15th Vice-President of India, comfortably defeating his rival INDIA bloc candidate and former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy.
His brother, CP Kumaresh, expressed happiness over Radhakrishnan’s victory, saying that it is a great joy that the latter will now take on the responsibility of managing the Rajya Sabha.
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“I am very, very happy. It is a great joy that Radhakrishnan has been elected as the Vice President. He has to take the responsibility of efficiently managing the Rajya Sabha, and he will carry it out successfully. He will also uphold PM Modi’s trust,” news agency ANI quoted Kumaresh as saying.
#WATCH | Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu: On the victory of NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan in the Vice Presidential election, CP Kumaresh, brother of CP Radhakrishnan, says, “I am very, very happy. It is a great joy that Radhakrishnan has been elected as the Vice President. He has to take… pic.twitter.com/ntOGJPidZU— ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025
CP Radhakrishnan Becomes India’s Next VP
NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday won the Vice President election, defeating the opposition’s B Sudershan Reddy by a big margin of 152 votes.
As many as 452 lawmakers voted for Radhakrishnan in the election held on Tuesday.
767 MPs cast votes in the election, of which 15 were declared invalid. 788 members of the electoral college for the vice presidential election, since seven seats (6 seats in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Lok Sabha) are vacant.
The NDA had the support of 427 MPs on paper, and YSRCP’s 11 lawmakers also voted for Radhakrishnan. But the NDA nominee got 14 more votes than their tally, leading to speculation of cross-voting by MPs from the opposition camp.
“NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan got 452 first preference votes. He has been elected as the Vice President of India… Opposition’s vice-presidential candidate Justice Sudershan Reddy secured 300 first preference votes,” Rajya Sabha general secretary PC Mody said in his press conference.
A total of 13 MPs abstained from voting in the Vice Presidential elections. The list includes seven MPs from Biju Janata Dal, four from Bharath Rashtra Samithi, one MP from Shiromani Akali Dal and one independent MP.
The Vice President’s seat has been vacant since July 21, 2025, as Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his position, citing health reasons.
Who Is CP Radhakrishnan?
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan, who was serving as the 24th Governor of Maharashtra from July 31, 2024, before being announced as the NDA’s Vice Presidential nominee.
He previously served as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024. He also held additional charge as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry between March and July 2024.
(With inputs from ANI)
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Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
September 09, 2025, 23:58 IST
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