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Jagdeep Dhankhar wins vice presidential election

Public Lokpal
August 06, 2022

Jagdeep Dhankhar wins vice presidential election


New Delhi : NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday won the vice presidential election by bagging 528 votes, while opposition candidate Margaret Alva polled 182 votes, sources said.

Sources said after counting of 725 votes that were polled, as many as 15 were found to be invalid.

As many as 55 MPs did not vote in the vice presidential election held from 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday.

The Trinamool Congress, which has a total of 36 MPs, including 23 in Lok Sabha, had abstained from the election. However, two of its MPs had cast their ballots.