{"id":16339,"date":"2025-09-09T14:57:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/?p=16339"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:57:45","slug":"cp-radhakrishnan-elected-as-15th-vice-president-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/news\/cp-radhakrishnan-elected-as-15th-vice-president-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"CP Radhakrishnan Elected as 15th Vice President of India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Senior BJP leader and former Tamil Nadu state president CP Radhakrishnan<\/strong> has been elected as the Vice President of India<\/strong>. Contesting as the NDA candidate<\/strong>, he defeated Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy<\/strong>, the joint nominee of the INDIA bloc, with a comfortable majority. This marks another significant political victory for the NDA alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Highlights of the Election<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Date of Election<\/strong>: September 9, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Total Votes Polled<\/strong>: 767 out of 781 MPs (98.2% turnout)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Result<\/strong>:\n
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    • CP Radhakrishnan (NDA) \u2013 452 votes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy (INDIA bloc) \u2013 300 votes<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Majority<\/strong>: Radhakrishnan won by 152 votes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      This was the first early Vice Presidential election since 1987<\/strong>, held after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Why Radhakrishnan\u2019s Win is Important<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Political Strength for NDA<\/strong> \u2013 With this victory, the NDA now firmly holds both the President and Vice President\u2019s posts<\/strong> in India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. RSS Background<\/strong> \u2013 Radhakrishnan is known for his RSS roots and non-confrontational political approach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. Opposition Setback<\/strong> \u2013 Several INDIA bloc partners like BJD, BRS, and SAD stayed away from voting, weakening Sudarshan Reddy\u2019s chances.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        Profile of CP Radhakrishnan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • Full Name<\/strong>: Chinnasamy Palanisamy Radhakrishnan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Political Background<\/strong>: Two-time Lok Sabha MP from Coimbatore, senior BJP leader, and ex-Tamil Nadu party chief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Governorship<\/strong>: Served as the Governor of Jharkhand before being nominated as NDA\u2019s VP candidate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Known For<\/strong>: Grassroots political work, calm leadership style, and close association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          What Experts Say<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

          Analysts believe this result strengthens the BJP-led NDA\u2019s political dominance, ensuring smoother functioning in Rajya Sabha<\/strong>, where the Vice President presides as the Chairman. The comfortable margin also reflects cracks within the opposition INDIA bloc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Senior BJP leader and former Tamil Nadu state president CP Radhakrishnan has been elected as the Vice President of India. Contesting as the NDA candidate, he defeated Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy, the joint nominee of the INDIA bloc, with a comfortable majority. This marks another significant political victory for the NDA alliance. Key Highlights of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[4177,4178],"class_list":["post-16339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cp-radhakrishnan","tag-vice-president-of-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16342,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16339\/revisions\/16342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nriglobe.com\/wp68\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}