Vice Presidential Elections 2025 Live Updates: Union Ministers Exude Confidence In CP Radhakrishnan's Victory; Voting Underway

#WATCH | Bhubaneswar: On Vice Presidential election, Odisha Deputy CM Pravati Parida says, "With Lord Jagannath's blessings, NDA candidate will win the Vice Presidential election with a huge margin." pic.twitter.com/Auv4JluHG6, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

PTI PHOTOS | Voting underway to elect a new Vice President, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the first to exercise his franchise in the contest between NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy. pic.twitter.com/lGmv4MDW0Y, — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) September 9, 2025

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VIDEO | Vice Presidential Election 2025: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) arrives to cast his vote.#VicePresidentialElection2025 #VicePresidentialElection

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#WATCH | Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Rajya Sabha LoP-Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge were seen having a candid conversation as they arrived to vote in the #VicePresidentialElection2025 pic.twitter.com/b2OLAPwXYz, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi: Rajya Sabha LoP-Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi leave after voting in the #VicePresidentialElection2025 pic.twitter.com/gWQBPbhOFY, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Vice President election | AAP MP Sanjay Singh says, "Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal and the party have decided to support Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy and vote for him. Our MPs will vote for him...There is no such possibility (of cross-voting) in our… pic.twitter.com/bVtOmj0t4C, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election at the Parliament House.

(Source: Sansad TV) pic.twitter.com/b27EOoJlMt, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Delhi | Union Minister Chirag Paswan casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election at the Parliament House.

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#WATCH | Vice President election | SP chief and MP Akhilesh Yadav says, "...We do not want to go into the chronology, but there will be a new Vice President and we have voted for a new Vice President..." pic.twitter.com/T1HXQe1dkZ, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Union Minister @nitin_gadkari casts his vote for the Vice Presidential Election 2025 at Parliament House.

#CPRadhakrishnan #SudershanReddy #VicePresidentElection #VicePresidentialElection pic.twitter.com/SbhEqs7Y0F, — SansadTV (@sansad_tv) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.

(Source: Sansad TV) pic.twitter.com/p7o46WfteB, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu: People offer prayers for NDA Vice President Candidate CP Radhakrishnan in his hometown. They also burst firecrackers and set up food stalls. pic.twitter.com/JLLllQ9mo6, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Delhi | Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election at the Parliament House.

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#WATCH | Delhi | #VicePresidentialElection2025 | Union Minister Chirag Paswan says, "NDA is united and we are standing in support of NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan. Many opposition MPs have also bestowed their trust upon NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan...If they hear the voice of… pic.twitter.com/XEXlsQqFio, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | #VicePresidentialElection2025 | Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia says, "We are confident that the NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan will win the elections" pic.twitter.com/63evLEHV2l, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday took a jibe at the Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy for meeting RJD chief and fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav.

Giriraj Singh slammed Sudershan Reddy for talking about "morality" while meeting with a person convicted in a scam.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh says, "We are confident of winning the elections. Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate, B. Sudershan Reddy, who is a former judge, met RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, convicted in the fodder scam, and he is talking about morality."

After casting his vote in the 15th Vice Presidential election on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to assess the situation caused by floods and landslides in the two states. In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, "Leaving for Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to review the situation in the wake of floods and landslides. The Government of India stands shoulder to shoulder with those affected in this tragic hour."

#WATCH | Delhi | On the #VicePresidentialElection2025, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal says, "Today is a very important day for democracy and NDA will win the elections" pic.twitter.com/FPVmNjYYHs, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | On the #VicePresidentialElection2025, Karnataka Dy CM DK Shivakumar says, "...The INDIA bloc will fight the elections together. We have requested a conscience vote. The INDIA bloc and opposition parties will vote against the NDA candidate CP… pic.twitter.com/oBaLRd80Kf, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | Congress MP Shashi Tharoor arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.

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#WATCH | Delhi | Union Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.

(Source: Sansad TV) pic.twitter.com/efTgjk6rmZ, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Delhi | Union Minister Pralhad Joshi casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election at the Parliament House.

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#WATCH | Delhi | Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrives at the Parliament House to cast her vote for the Vice Presidential election.

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Delhi | Defence Minister Rajnath Singh casts his vote for the Vice Presidential election at the Parliament House.

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#WATCH | Delhi | Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge arrive at the Parliament House to cast their vote for the Vice Presidential election.

(Source: Sansad TV) pic.twitter.com/L9so7EO0TA, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Vice President election | Union Minister Giriraj Singh says, "...NDA's victory is certain. Why will someone vote for the INDI Alliance candidate? There is a difference between his words and actions...He went to seek votes from someone who is not even an MP, someone who… pic.twitter.com/SA5h5nt74C, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Vice President election | Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan says, "People will vote by listening to their conscience. It is certain that our candidate, CP Radhakrishnan will become the Vice President of the country." pic.twitter.com/jzQYmnUD5a, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives at the Parliament House to cast her vote for the Vice Presidential election.

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#WATCH | Gaya, Bihar: On Vice Presidential election, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "...Our full support is to B. Sudershan Reddy (INDIA alliance candidate and former Supreme Court judge)." pic.twitter.com/rq6WYELURK, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Vice President election | NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule says, "...This is such a big election. The question is not just about a party, the post should be occupied by an individual who upholds national interest..." pic.twitter.com/6ldt383kTL, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election at the Parliament House this morning.

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#WATCH | Vice President election | INDIA bloc’s nominee and former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy says, "...I am very confident. We are going to win...I am only trying to awaken people's conscience. I did not say that there would be cross-voting. I don't know what… pic.twitter.com/IW3PsKPnC4, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Vice Presidential election | Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says, "NDA's victory is certain. CP Radhakrishnan will be the new Vice President." pic.twitter.com/3G6YMXkJMk, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav says, "...Numbers are fine but this voting is done on the basis of one's conscience. The entire country knows that the BJP is a use-and-throw party. The same thing happened with the Vice President, who is missing...The numbers will be in our favour."

#WATCH | Vice Presidential election | Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan says, "NDA's victory is certain. CP Radhakrishnan will be the new Vice President." pic.twitter.com/3G6YMXkJMk, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | #VicePresidentialElection2025 | RLM's National President Upendra Kushwaha says, "...We are confident of winning the elections. NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan will become the Vice-President of the nation..." pic.twitter.com/hizn18eFpw, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from the Parliament House after casting his vote for the Vice Presidential election.

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#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.

Voting for the post of Vice President to begin shortly. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan faces the Opposition INDIA bloc’s nominee… pic.twitter.com/e1xV7AlHD1, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.

Election for the post of Vice President to begin shortly. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan faces the Opposition INDIA bloc’s nominee and…, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | #VicePresidentialElection2025 | BJP MP Nishikant Dubey says, "Did he (opposition's Vice Presidential candidate, B. Sudershan Reddy) save the constitution by saving Naxalism?... We all saw the misery in Chhattisgarh...Congress is doing politics on blood...We will… pic.twitter.com/kCcdW9QKUq, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) MPs Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa and Amritpal Singh to boycott the #VicePresidentialElection2025 pic.twitter.com/FljgPp6BP0, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Raipur | #VicePresidentialElection2025 | Congress leader Sachin Pilot says, "Why are the Vice Presidential elections being held? Where is the former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar?...NDA has to work very hard to prove its majority in the elections, as the INDIA… pic.twitter.com/5P5E7iyZ8h, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#VicePresidentialElection2025 | NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan has nominated Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu and JDU MP Sanjay Kumar Jha as his polling agents for today's Vice President polling and counting., — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

Justice B. Sudershan Reddy (Retd.) is a former Supreme Court judge, who hails from Andhra Pradesh. Born on July 8, 1946 in Andhra Pradesh, Sudershan has done BA and LLB and enrolled as Advocate at Hyderabad with the Bar Council of Andhra Pradesh on December 27, 1971. Justice Reddy was appointed as a permanent Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court on May 2, 1995. Served as Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, he elevated as Supreme Court Judge in 2007.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominated Maharashtra Governor Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan. He is a seasoned BJP leader belonging to a key OBC caste from Tamil Nadu, which will undergo election next year. Radhakrishnan has an RSS background. Radhakrishnan (67) is two-time former member of Lok Sabha from Coimbatore. In Radhakrishnan, the BJP has trusted a leader with a proven organisational and ideological commitment, a far cry from its choice of his predecessor, Jagdeep Dhankhar.

The stage is set for the crucial Vice President election necessitated by the sudden exit of Jagdeep Dhankhar. There is a direct contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led ruling alliance's candidate, Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan and INDIA bloc's ex-Supreme Court judge, Justice B Sudershan Reddy.

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#WATCH | Vice Presidential election | Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty and other MPs of the NDA arrive at the residence of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju.

Voting to begin at 10 am, at the Parliament. pic.twitter.com/SuAxwQLhsI, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi | #VicePresidentialElection2025 | NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan says, "The elections are taking place. It is going to be a big victory for Indian nationalism. We are all one, we will be one and we want India to become 'Viksit Bharat'..." pic.twitter.com/znJG2tBVuv, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

-> The electoral college for the vice presidential election comprises a total of 788 members, 245 from the Rajya Sabha and 543 from the Lok Sabha.

-> The 12 nominated members of the Rajya Sabha are also eligible to vote in the election. The present strength of the electoral college is 781, as six seats are vacant in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Lok Sabha.

#BREAKING | On the eve of the Vice Presidential election, 8 former High Court judges express strong disapproval of Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy, INDI bloc’s VP nominee, for meeting Lalu Prasad Yadav.#VicePresidentialElection pic.twitter.com/NOxZQkMOky, — DD News (@DDNewslive) September 8, 2025

The opposition has nominated Congress leaders Naseer Hussain and Manickam Tagore, besides TMC leader Shatabdi Roy, as the polling agents for their joint candidate Reddy. Shaktisinh Gohil and Manickam Tagore have been nominated as his counting agents. Among the leaders who attended the meeting in Samvidhan Sadan were Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi, NCP (SP) leader Sharad Pawar, DMK leader T R Baalu and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Two other unaligned parties, BJD and BRS, have announced that they will abstain from voting. So has the SAD, a former BJP ally. At the meeting of opposition MPs, the members were told not to let their vote go to waste in the September 9 vice presidential poll and were informed about the procedure of casting votes. The last vice-presidential polls saw some votes declared invalid. Opposition MPs were told to only mark preference '1' in their ballot and not mark anyone as their second preference on the ballot paper. The second preference votes are counted only in case of a tie between the two candidates.

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#WATCH | Delhi: NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan arrives at the Shree Ram Mandir in Lodhi Road area to offer prayers.

Election for the post of Vice President to be held today. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan faces the Opposition… pic.twitter.com/a4X9eNyHof, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi: NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan leaves from Maharashtra Sadan.

Election for the post of Vice President to be held today. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan faces the Opposition INDIA bloc’s nominee and former Supreme… pic.twitter.com/9gXBUzyhY3, — ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025

#WATCH | Delhi: On th Vice-Presidential elections, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju says, "Tomorrow, there will be secret voting. CP Radhakrishnan ji will get more support from the MPs than the votes from the NDA. Many MPs are thinking of voting for Radhakrishnan ji, and it is in the… pic.twitter.com/OOKC6hCs2A, — ANI (@ANI) September 8, 2025

- The election for the second-highest constitutional position in the country was necessitated due to the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 21.

- Though the numbers are stacked in favour of the ruling NDA, which claims the support of 427 votes out of the total 781 valid votes, the rival camp is leaving no stone unturned to make it a close contest. The majority mark is 391.

- The Opposition, which has 315 MPs, has asked the members to cast their vote for the "spirit of India" by hearing the voice of their conscience in what they have described as an "ideological battle".

- In the meeting of NDA MPs, Prime Minister Modi asked MPs to ensure that they vote correctly, noting that it does not send out a good message when parliamentarians make a mistake in polling.

- A mock polling session was held to ensure that MPs know the correct way of casting their ballot in an election held on a single transferable vote. There are 39 MPs who are unaligned to the two main blocks. Among them, the YSR Congress has announced its support to Radhakrishnan and AIMIM's sole member Asaduddin Owaisi has pledged his vote to Reddy.

With Inputs from PTI

The prime minister would be among the first ones to vote in the vice presidential election, sources said, adding that he has to leave for a survey of flood-affected areas in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh soon thereafter. Separately, leaders of the INDIA bloc parties like Congress, Samajwadi Party, DMK, TMC, RJD, JMM, Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP (SP), CPI and CPI-M met in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan (old parliament building) and were briefed about the election process.

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Members of Parliament are not bound by party whips to vote in the vice presidential election, which takes place under a secret ballot system. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the NDA MPs at a meeting in Parliament's Library building.

"Participated in the NDA meeting in Delhi, attended by MPs across the NDA family. The candidature of Thiru CP Radhakrishnan has generated immense enthusiasm all across. People believe that he will be an excellent Vice President, who will enrich the office with his wisdom and insights," Modi later said on X.

Both the ruling NDA and Opposition INDIA bloc held separate meetings on Monday in the Parliament complex in a show of strength, where they sensitised their respective MPs about the election process and also held mock polls while exhorting their members to vote correctly. Polling for the vice president election, in which members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are eligible to vote, would begin at 10 AM in the new Parliament building and continue till 5 PM. Counting of votes will begin at 6 PM, and the result will be out later in the evening. 

All votes carry equal value, and voting is conducted through a secret ballot, as per established parliamentary procedure. The majority mark needed to win is 391 votes.

The Vice President's post fell vacant after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned on July 21, citing health concerns, on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. His unexpected resignation created a leadership gap in the Upper House, making today's election especially significant.

The electoral college for the Vice Presidential election comprises 781 members, including 542 elected members of the Lok Sabha and 239 members of the Rajya Sabha (233 elected and 12 nominated, with six vacancies across both Houses).