- NDA candidate and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan was elected the 15th Vice President of India.
- He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party's block candidate and former Supreme Court judge B. Sudarshan Reddy by 152 votes.
- Out of 781 electors, 767 MPs voted, of which 752 votes were valid and 15 were invalid.
- The election was conducted in a free, fair and orderly manner.
- The election was held after the resignation of former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar.
- Radhakrishnan was born in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu and started his career as a student leader.
- He has served as the Governor of Jharkhand, Telangana, Puducherry and Maharashtra.
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