India, Sept. 9 -- B Sudershan Reddy, former Supreme Court judge and the vice presidential election candidate of the Opposition faction INDIA bloc, lost the poll to National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) nominee CP Radhakrishnan on Tuesday, September 9.

Both B Sudershan Reddy and CP Radhakrishnan hail from South India, with the former from Telangana and the latter from Tamil Nadu.

Voting for the vice president election, which the Opposition described as an ideological battle, began at 10 am and concluded at 5 pm on Tuesday. The counting of votes commenced at 6 pm.

Reddy got 300 votes as against Radhakrishnan's 542.

Born on July 8, 1946, B Sudershan Reddy is a jurist who served as a Supreme Court judge from 2007 to 2011 and is best rememb...