Vice-Presidential Election Begins, Jagdeep Dhankhar Frontrunner: 10 Facts

Elections to choose the next Vice-President of India will be held today, in which NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankar is expected to sail through with BJP support alone. Opposition's Margaret Alva looks set to be a very distant second.
The Vice-Presidential election is underway in the Parliament House and will continue till 5 pm today. Results are likely later in the evening. Prime Minister Narendra cast his vote just as the polling booth opened.

Jagdeep Dhankhar -- best known for his role as the former Governor of Bengal -- can expect 527 votes, far higher than the 372 required to win. Altogether it could be 70 per cent of the total votes, two per cent more than M Venkaiah Naidu received.