India has elected CP Radhakrishnan, a nominee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led alliance, as the country’s next vice-president, weeks after the previous person to hold the post resigned abruptly.
Radhakrishnan won 452 valid votes in the 781-member electoral college – made up of members of the upper and lower houses of parliament – to defeat opposition-backed Sudershan Reddy, a former Supreme Court judge.
