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| Turnout | 98.21% ( 5.26%)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Earlyvice presidential elections were held inIndia on 9 September 2025 following the resignation ofJagdeep Dhankhar due to health concerns.[2] Article 67 of the Constitution of India provides that thevice president of India shall remain in office for a period of five years.[3] According to Clause 2 of Article 68 of the Constitution, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of the vice president occurring due to his death, resignation or removal, or otherwise shall be held "as soon as possible" from the date of the vacancy. This is the first early election for the office since1987.
At around 19:30IST,returning officerPramod Chandra Mody declared NDA candidateC. P. Radhakrishnan elected. He won by a margin of 152 votes, the narrowest in a vice presidential election since2002. At least 15 opposition MP's had cross voted in favour of Radhakrishnan.[4]
TheVice President is elected by an electoral college which includes members of theRajya Sabha and of theLok Sabha usinginstant-runoff voting. The nominated members of the upper house are also eligible to vote in the election process. Voting is done by secret ballot.A candidate must be a citizen of India, at least 35 years of age, qualified for election to theRajya Sabha, and not hold any office of profit.
Under sub-section (1) of Section (4) of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952, the schedule for the election of theVice President of India is to be announced by theElection Commission of India; it did so on 1 August.[2] Polling will take place in room number F-101, Vasudha, on the first floor ofParliament House, New Delhi, on 9 September between 10 am and 5 pm.[5]
| S.No. | Event | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Issue of Election Commission's notification calling the election | 7 August 2025 | Thursday |
| 2. | Last date for making nominations | 21 August 2025 | |
| 3. | Date for the scrutiny of nominations | 22 August 2025 | Friday |
| 4. | Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures | 25 August 2025 | Monday |
| 5. | Date on which a poll took place | 9 September 2025 | Tuesday |
| 6. | Date on which counting took place |
| House | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | INDIA | Others | |
| Lok Sabha | 293 / 542 (54%) | 234 / 542 (43%) | 15 / 542 (3%) |
| Rajya Sabha | 132 / 239 (55%) | 77 / 239 (32%) | 30 / 239 (13%) |
| Total | 425 / 781 (54%) | 311 / 781 (40%) | 45 / 781 (6%) |
| Name | Born | Party | Alliance | Positions held | Home state | Date announced | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 C. P. Radhakrishnan | (1957-10-20)20 October 1957 (age 68) Tiruppur,Tamil Nadu | Bharatiya Janata Party | National Democratic Alliance |
| Tamil Nadu | 17 August 2025 | [6] | ||
| Name | Born | Party | Alliance | Positions held | Home state | Date announced | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 B. Sudershan Reddy | (1946-07-08)8 July 1946 (age 79) Akula Mylaram,Telangana | Independent | Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance |
| Telangana | 19 August 2025 | |||
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. P. Radhakrishnan | BJP (NDA) | 452 | 60.10% | |
| B. Sudershan Reddy | Independent (INDIA) | 300 | 39.90% | |
| Total | 752 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid Votes | 752 | 98.04% | ||
| Invalid Votes | 15 | 1.96% | ||
| Turnout | 767 | 98.21% | ||
| Abstentions | 14 | 1.79% | ||
| Electors | 781 | |||
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