2025 Indian vice presidential election

Early vice presidential elections were held in India on 9 September 2025 following the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar due to health concerns. Article 67 of the Constitution of India provides that the vice president of India shall remain in office for a period of five years. According to Clause 2 of Article 68 of the Constitution, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of the vice president occurring due to his death, resignation or removal, or otherwise shall be held "as soon as possible" from the date of the vacancy. This is the first early election for the office since 1987.

At around 19:30 IST, returning officer Pramod Chandra Mody declared NDA candidate C. P. Radhakrishnan elected. He won by a margin of 152 votes, the narrowest in a vice presidential election since 2002. At least 15 opposition MP's had cross voted in favour of Radhakrishnan. Radhakrishnan got votes more than Reddy in 18 states, while Reddy got in 10 states.

Electoral system The Vice President is elected by an electoral college which includes members of the Rajya Sabha and of the Lok Sabha using instant-runoff voting. The nominated members of the upper house are also eligible to vote in the election process. Voting is done by secret ballot. A candidate must be a citizen of India, at least 35 years of age, qualified for election to the Rajya Sabha, and not hold any office of profit.

Election schedule

Under sub-section (1) of Section (4) of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952, the schedule for the election of the Vice President of India is to be announced by the Election Commission of India; it did so on 1 August. Polling will take place in room number F-101, Vasudha, on the first floor of Parliament House, New Delhi, on 9 September between 10 am and 5 pm.

S.No. EventDateDay1.Issue of Election Commission's notification calling the election7 August 2025Thursday 2.Last date for making nominations21 August 20253.Date for the scrutiny of nominations22 August 2025Friday 4.Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures25 August 2025Monday 5.Date on which a poll took place9 September 2025Tuesday 6.Date on which counting took place

Electoral college

HouseNDAINDIAOthersLok SabhaRajya SabhaTotal

Candidates National Democratic Alliance

Name BornPartyAlliance Positions held Home state Date announcedRefC. P. RadhakrishnanTiruppur, Tamil NaduGovernor of Maharashtra (2024–2025) Governor of Jharkhand (2023–2024) Governor of Telangana (additional charge) (2024) Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (additional charge) (2024) President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu (2003–2006) Member of Lok Sabha from Coimbatore (1998–2004) Tamil Nadu 17 August 2025

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

Name BornPartyAlliance Positions held Home state Date announcedRefB. Sudershan ReddyAkula Mylaram, TelanganaJudge of the Supreme Court of India (2007–2011) Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court (2005–2007) Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court (1995–2005) Telangana 19 August 2025

Results

|align="left"|C. P. Radhakrishnan||align="left"|BJP (NDA)||452||60.10%

|align="left"|B. Sudershan Reddy||align="left"|Independent (INDIA)||300||39.90% |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|752 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||752||98.04% |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||15||1.96% |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||767||98.21% |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||14||1.79% |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||781|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

2025 Indian vice presidential election

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