Vice President election: Opposition, NDA leaders share light-hearted moments during V-P polls | In Pics

BJP-led NDA's candidate Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Tuesday elected as the 15th Vice President of India after winning the V-P election with a margin wider than estimated and which pointed to possible cross-voting within the opposition camp. (Image: PTI)

The NDA's V-P candidate CP Radhakrishnan was fielded against INDIA alliance's V-P pick B Sudershan Reddy. Despite the contest, the Opposition and NDA leaders shared some light-hearted moments during the voting process. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge were seen talking and smiling. (Image: PTI)

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh, Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kiren Rijiju, interacted with each other and shared some light-hearted moments, during Vice Presidential election voting process at the Parliament complex. (Image: PTI)

Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju and Piyush Goyal share some warm smiles with Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay during voting in the vice presidential election, at the Parliament premises. (Image: PTI)

While standing in the queue during the voting process, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi were seen laughing while talking to each other. After casting their vote, they also posed for a picture. (Image: X)

CP Radhakrishnan, 67, secured 452 votes while Sudershan Reddy, 79, secured 300 votes, according to returning officer and Rajya Sabha secretary general PC Mody. The vote tally seemed to indicate that at least 15 opposition members voted for the NDA nominee. The mid-year V-P election were necessitated after Jagdeep Dhankhar's sudden resignation from the post. (Image: PTI)