Vice President Oath: VP-designate CP Radhakrishnan will take oath as India’s 15th Vice President on September 12 at 10:05 am. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the Oath of Office to Radhakrishnan at Rashtrapati
Bhawan.
An invitation to the oath-taking ceremony will be sent to the top leaders of the NDA.
NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan was elected as the 15th Vice President of India on Tuesday, bagging 452 votes against the Opposition nominee and former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy’s 300 votes.
Announcing the result, Rajya Sabha Secretary General and Returning Officer PC Mody said 767 MPs out of 781 cast their votes with a total turnout of 98.2%. He said 752 ballots were valid and 15 were invalid, bringing down the required majority of first preference votes to 377.
The NDA had the support of 427 MPs on paper, and YSRCP’s 11 lawmakers also voted for Radhakrishnan. But the NDA nominee got 14 more votes than their tally, leading to speculation of cross-voting by MPs from the opposition camp.
A total of 13 MPs abstained from voting in the Vice Presidential elections. The list includes seven MPs from Biju Janata Dal, four from Bharath Rashtra Samithi, one MP from Shiromani Akali Dal and one independent MP.
Congratulations pour in for Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan after he was declared the winner of the Vice President election. President Murmu congratulated him, expressing confidence that his decades of experience in public life will contribute to the nation’s progress.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him, saying that he is confident that the latter would be an outstanding leader, who will “strengthen our Constitutional values and enhance Parliamentary discourse.”
The Vice President’s post has been vacant since July 21, 2025, as Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his position, citing health reasons.
Who Is CP Radhakrishnan?
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan, who was serving as the 24th Governor of Maharashtra from July 31, 2024, before being announced as the NDA’s Vice Presidential nominee.
He previously served as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024. He also held additional charge as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry between March and July 2024.
