New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) elected Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as India's 15th Vice President on 9 September, over a month after the previous incumbent Jagdeep Dhankhar quit abruptly, citing health reasons.

The MPs voted in a secret ballot to elect the vice president, as per the process.

Radhakrishnan, 68, defeated B Sudershan Reddy of the INDIA bloc, the other candidate for the second-highest constitutional position.

Radhakrishnan was widely expected to win, given the support the BJP and its NDA allies enjoy in parliament. PC Mody, secretary-general of the upper house of parliament, said Radhakrishnan polled 452 of the 752 valid preferential votes that...