Preparations were going on for the Vice Presidential election for the last several days, after which finally voting is being held on 9th September and the results will come by evening. NDA and India Alliance had announced their candidates for the post of Vice President. Let us tell you that NDA chose CP Radhakrishnan as its candidate, while B Sudarshan Reddy is contesting from India Alliance. Today, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs will vote in Parliament House from 10 am to 5 pm. Then the process of counting of votes will start at 6 pm and the results will be declared shortly after that. After this, India will get its new Vice President today. According to the information, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cast the first vote. After casting his vote, Prime Minister Modi exited the Parliament House. Let us know every small and big update related to this Vice Presidential election…
How is voting done for the Vice Presidential election?
In the Vice Presidential election, members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha take part in the voting process. Let us tell you that members of the Legislative Assemblies or Legislative Councils are not involved in this election. The Vice President election is held through ballot papers. The ballot papers are white in colour, which have two columns, one column has the names of the candidates in Hindi and English and the other column has blank space for voting. In the blank space, MPs have to express their choice by writing only ‘1’ or ‘2’ in front of the name of the candidate. Choices can be written only in numbers, not in words, otherwise the vote will be invalid.
Votes are cast with this special pen
When the Vice President is elected in India, a special pen is used to cast the vote, with which MPs vote for the candidate of their choice. The pen used in this election is also a topic of discussion because it is not an ordinary pen, but a special purple pen given by the Election Commission. If someone uses a pen of another colour on his own, then his vote can be cancelled. This ensures that there is no fraud of any kind. By doing this the election remains fair and secret. The use of this pen ensures that no one knows who voted for whom. Let us tell you that the Election Commission checks the pen every time and only after that the voting process starts.
How are the votes counted for the Vice Presidential election?
After the voting for the Vice Presidential election is completed, slips are taken out from the ballot paper and they are separated according to priority. First of all, it is seen how many votes each candidate has got. If a candidate gets more than 50% of the total valid votes “number 1” votes, then he wins. Candidates coming below this are excluded from the counting. After winning, the Vice President takes oath. Let us tell you that last time, in the elections held in August 2022, NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar got 528 votes, while opposition’s Margaret Alva got only 182 votes.
