Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice President of India
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NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday as he defeated joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva. Dhankhar, a former governor of West Bengal, secured 528 votes while Alva got 182. As many as 725 MPs cast their votes in the poll, which is 92.94 per cent of total votes, LS Gen-Secy Utpal K Singh said, adding 15 votes were declared invalid.