It’s NDA candidate and Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan versus Opposition-backed former Supreme Court judge B Sudarshan Reddy in the Vice Presidential election. The voting for the second-highest constitutional post will take place on Tuesday, September 5, and the result will also be declared tomorrow.
While Radhakrishnan enjoys the support of the BJP and its allies, Reddy has the backing of the INDIA block.
In the Vice Presidential elections, MPs from both the Houses vote via a ‘secret ballot’ and a proportional representation system using the single transferable vote. The NDA enjoys the support of at least 422 members in the electoral college of 781 MPs, making Radhakrishnan’s victory certain. The majority mark is 391.
Here’s who is supporting whom in the VP race:
CP Radhakrishnan
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Telugu Desam Party
- Janata Dal United
- Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)
- Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)
- Janata Dal Secular
- Hindustan Awam Morcha
- Lok Janshakti Party (Chirag Paswan)
- Jana Sena Party
- National People’s Party
- AIADMK
- All Jharkhand Students Union
- Apna Dal
- Rashtriya Lok Dal
- Republican Party of India (Athawale)
BS Reddy
- Congress
- Samajwadi Party
- DMK
- Shiv Sena (UBT)
- Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar)
- Trinamool Congress
- Rashtriya Janata Dal
- Aam Aadmi Party
- National Conference
- Communist Party of India
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- AIMIM
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), led by former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, is likely to abstain from voting tomorrow.
