: Vice-presidential election counting starts, results to be declared later today #IndiaNEWS Voting to elect the next vice president of India concluded in Parliament at 5 pm on Saturday, ANI reported.

Vice-presidential election counting starts, results to be declared later today #IndiaNEWS
Voting to elect the next vice president of India concluded in Parliament at 5 pm on Saturday, ANI reported. The counting process has started and the result will be declared later in the evening.Of the electoral college of 780 MPs, 725 cast their votes resulting in a 93% turnout, PTI reported, citing officials. Eight seats in the Upper House are currently vacant, and the Trinamool Congress, with 39 MPs, had decided to abstain. However two of the party’s MPs Sisir Kumar Adhikari and Dibyendu Adhikari did vote on Friday, according to PTI.Delhi | Counting process underway for the Vice Presidential elections in Parliament pic.twitter.com/h70xET0BMN— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022 The Opposition has fielded Congress leader Margaret Alva, while the Bharatiya Janata Party’s pick is former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, which was at loggerheads with Dhankhar when he was the state governor, has said it will abstain from voting in the election.Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote on Saturday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and BJP chief JP Nadda arrived together to cast their votes, reported PTI.Home Minister Amit Shah and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also voted.Voted in the 2022 Vice President election. pic.twitter.com/I6bn4MFDu2— Narendra...Read more

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