New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Over 700 members of Parliament, both from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha exercised their franchise on Tuesday to elect the next Vice President of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived at Parliament House right as voting started at 10 AM, was the first person to cast his vote. The counting of votes is set to happen at 6 PM in the same room the voting took place. The contest is between NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan and joint Opposition candidate former Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy.

Leaders across party lines, from Union Ministers to Opposition leaders, took part, giving their choice for the VP candidate through paper ballot. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, ...