These leaders, including PM Modi, Manmohan Singh cast their votes in the Vice Presidential election, know when the results will come

Vice President Election 2022: On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, including several Union ministers and MPs of various parties voted for the selection of the next Vice President of India. Voting started at 10 am and will go on till 5 pm. At the same time, the counting of votes will be done after 5 pm. Let us tell you that the Prime Minister for the Vice Presidential election Narendra Modi He was among the first to cast his vote. Sharing a picture of voting, he tweeted, “Voted in the 2022 Vice Presidential election.” At the same time, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reached the Parliament House in a wheelchair and exercised his franchise in the Vice Presidential election.

Margaret Alva Opposition Joint Candidate
Former PM Manmohan Singh had also cast his vote in the presidential election last month by reaching the Parliament House in a wheelchair. Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh also voted in the Vice Presidential election. Along with this, Union Ministers Jitendra Singh, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Ashwini Vaishnav, BJP’s Chief Whip in Lok Sabha Rakesh Singh, YSR Congress Party’s Raghu Ram Krishna Raju and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) MPs also cast their votes. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate and former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, 71, is pitted against 80-year-old Margaret Alva, the joint candidate of the opposition, in the vice-presidential election.

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With the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) having an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha and 91 members in the Rajya Sabha, Dhankhar has a clear edge over his rival. He is more likely to replace the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. The term of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends on August 10. The new Vice President of the country will take oath on August 11. All MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, are eligible to vote in the Vice-President’s election. Both houses of Parliament can have a total of 788 MPs, out of which eight seats in the Upper House are currently vacant. In such a situation, 780 MPs are eligible to vote in the Vice Presidential election.

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