Voting begins to choose India's next vice president

August 05, 2017 10:32

Voting has started for the vice presedentail election.

The electoral college which elects the vice president, who is also the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, consists of elected and nominated members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

Members of Parliament will use special pens for marking their choice in the election to be held between 10 am and 5 pm today.

The ruling NDA, which has a majority in the Lok Sabha, will find it easy to place its candidate as the next vice president.

In the 545-member Lok Sabha, the BJP has 281 members. The NDA led by BJP, has 338 members.

In the 245-member Rajya Sabha, the BJP has 58 members making it the single-largest party, while the Congress has 57.

Image: NDA's VP candidate M Venkaiah Naidu reaches Parliament to cast vote. Photograph: ANI

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