Vice President election sees 96 per cent voter turnout by 3 PM

Brisk voting was witnessed on Tuesday to elect the new Vice President, with 96 per cent of MPs casting their ballot till 3 PM, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the first to exercise his franchise in the contest between NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy.

Modi, accompanied by Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jitendra



Singh, and L Murugan, cast his vote in the polling booth in Room No. 101, Vasudha, in the Parliament building. 

Members of both Houses of Parliament are eligible to cast their votes in the Parliament House between 10 am and 5 pm. Counting votes will begin at 6 pm, and the results will be announced late evening.

Nearly 96 per cent of the polling was completed till 3 PM.