In the 16th election, Jagdeep Dhankhar, a former governor of West Bengal and nominee of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), defeated joint opposition candidate Margaret Alva to become India's 14th vice president on Saturday.

The counting of votes for the vice-presidential election had begun at 6pm after 92.4 per cent of the members of Parliament cast their ballots.

Lok Sabha general secretariat Utpal K Singh said out of 780 votes, 725 cast their ballot and Dhankhar polled 528 votes, while Alva secured 182. There were 50 absentees and 15 votes were found invalid.

Eight seats in the Rajya Sabha were open, with four from Jammu & Kashmir, three nominees, and one from Tripura. The Lok Sabha has 543 members, whereas the Rajya Sabha has 237.

While the TMC did not participate in the election, only two lawmakers from the party. Shishir Adhikari and Debyandu Adhikari voted.