India, Sept. 10 -- CP Radhakrishnan was declared as elected the Vice President of India on Tuesday. Radhakrishnan won the vice presidential election by bagging 452 votes, while Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy polled 300 votes, according to Returning Officer PC Mody.

Radhakrishnan won the contest with a bigger than expected margin, indicating cross-voting from the rival camp. Announcing the result of the VP election, Rajya Sabha Secretary General and Returning Officer Mody said 767 MPs cast their votes in a turnout of 98.2 per cent. He said 752 ballots were valid and 15 were invalid, bringing down the required majority of first preference votes to 377.

"I declare CP Radhakrishnan elected to the post of Vice President of India and ...