New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Before the counting of votes for the vice-presidential elections began on Tuesday, the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) strength in Parliament stood at 427.

But when the votes were counted, the votes secured by CP Radhakrishnan stood at 452. The NDA was expected to get the support of the YSR Congress Party (which has four lawmakers in the Lok Sabha and seven in the Rajya Sabha). But even then, its tally would have touched 438.

So where did it get the additional 14 votes from? Many theories did the rounds.

While 15 votes were declared invalid, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders said there was cross voting in favour of Radhakrishnan by opposition lawmakers from several states, including Jharkhand and Ma...