Jagdeep Dhankhar is the front-runner in today’s vice-presidential election

Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Parliament House will host the vice presidential elections; the results will probably be announced later in the evening.

Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Parliament House will host the vice presidential elections; the results will probably be announced later in the evening.

Here are 10 updates on this big story:

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  1. Today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Parliament House will host the vice presidential elections; the results will probably be announced later in the evening.
  2. Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is most known for serving as Bengal’s former governor, can expect 527 votes, significantly more than the 372 needed to win. It may account for 70% of all votes cast, which is 2% more than M. Venkaiah Naidu obtained.
  3. 780 MPs make up the Electoral College, including 245 in the Rajya Sabha and 543 in the Lok Sabha. Apart from the 36 Trinamool Congress MPs who elected to abstain from voting and the eight empty Upper House seats, 744 MPs are anticipated to cast ballots.
  4. 394 BJP lawmakers make up part of the 441 MPs in the NDA. The NDA candidate is also supported by five nominated members.
  5. The Biju Janata Dal of Naveen Patnaik, the YSR Congress of Jaganmohan Reddy, the Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati, the Telugu Desam Party of Chandrababu Naidu, the Akali Dal, and the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena are among the non-NDA groups that support Mr. Dhankhar. They have 81 MPs in total.
  6. Voters will give Margaret Alva 26% of the vote (around 200). Congress, the DMK of M.K. Stalin, the Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Yadav, the Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar, the Samajwadi Party of Akhilesh Yadav, and the Left parties all support her.
  7. In addition, Ms. Alva is supported by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, Aam Aadmi Party, and the nine MPs from the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray group.
  8. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the opposition candidate, received 32% of the vote in the previous election.
  9. Mr. Dhankhar was present this evening in Delhi at a gathering of BJP MPs when a mock election was held.
  10. The voter must place their preferences next to the names of the candidates under the proportional representation by a single transferable vote system.