Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 | Last Update : 11:28 PM IST
For the Vice Presidential poll, 545 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 245 MPs in the Rajya Sabha can vote. Apart from this, nominated MPs can also vote for Vice President. At present, two seats are vacant in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. For Vice Presidential election, Venkaiah Naidu has been standing as the candidate for the post of the NDA, and Gopal Krishna Gandhi is in his opposition. Gandhi is the candidate of the 18-party coalition led by congress. Vice Presidential election will be held on August 5 and the last date for filing nomination papers was July 18.
545 of the Lok Sabha and 245 MPs of the Rajya Sabha elect the Vice President for the election. Apart from this, nominated MPs also live in a vote of vote. At present two seats are vacant in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Its expressions are that the constituency is formed by adding speaker with 786 MPs.
If we talk about the strength, the NDA's grip looks very strong due to the numerical perspective, because:
NDA has around 425 MPs
AIADMK has 50 MPs
BJD has 27 MPs
TRS has 14 MPs
YSR Congress has 8 MPs
The PM also got the support of AINR Congress MPs. That is why the NDA figure reaches 526. The NDA has more votes than required to win the Vice-President Elections. So its hold is strong.
If we talk of UPA, its position is weak. The coalition of 18 opposition parties has only 252 MPs. It is believed that the UPA can get 5 nominees and support of three independents. So their figure can go up to 261.
With all these figures favoring Naidu, his election as Vice-President as almost certain.
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