Sudershan Reddy or CP Radhakrishnan: Who will be India's next VP
Voting on September 09, 2025 will decide who will be the next Vice President of India - Sudershan Reddy or CP Radhakrishnan
[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Pracharak CP Radhakrishnan (L) and Former SC Judge and Constitutional Expert Sudershan Reddy]
India Vice President Election 2025: Voting on September 09, 2025 will decide who will be the next Vice President of India - Sudershan Reddy or CP Radhakrishnan.
The Election Commission of India August 07, 2025 released the notification of the Vice President Election simultaneously receiving nomination forms of the aspiring candidates.
As per the Vice President 2025 schedule, the last date of nomination is August 21, 2025. The date of voting is fixed as September 09, 2025.
The BJP led NDA alliance was first to announced CP Radhakrishnan as its nominee. The Congress led INDIA bloc announced Sudershan Reddy as its candidate for the Vice President September 2025 Election.
With the polling to elect the new Vice President to be held on September 09, 2025, question now is who will hold the second highest constitutional post of the country - CP Radhakrishnan or Sudershan Reddy.
NDA Candidate: CP Radhakrishnan
CP Radhakrishnan is a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) - a right wing Hindu organisation. He is currently serving as Governor of Maharashtra. He is on the post from July 31, 2024.
CP Radhakrishnan has also served as Governor Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024. His tenure as Jharkhand Govervor was marred by controversies.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who was sent to jail while on the post, has accused in the state assembly that the controversy to prison him was planned in the Raj Bhavan. Raj Bhavan is the official residence of Governor.
He began his political career by joining Jan Sangh in 1974. He joined the BJP after it was founded in 1980 and become an aide to Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Radhakrishnan was elected to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore in the 1998 and re-elected in the 1999 general elections. He was, however, defeated in 2004 and 2019 Parliament Elections.
INDIA Candidate: Sudershan Reddy
INDIA bloc candidate Balkrishna Sudershan Reddy is former SC Judge and considered Constitutional Expert. Reddy was the head of the Independent Expert Working Group (IEWG), appointed by the Telangana government to analyse the data of the caste survey.
Sudershan Reddy, a Graduate from Osmania University, was Chief Justice of Guahati High Court from December 2005 to January 2007. From January 2007 to July 2011, he served as a Judge at the Supreme Court of India.
He was the first Lokayukta of Goa. He was appointed on the post in March 2013 following the passage of the The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
His tenure as judge and as Lokayukta Goa has been non-controversial.
Vice President Electoral College
As per Article 66 of the Constitution of India, the Vice-President is elected by the members of the Electoral College consisting of the members of both Houses of the Parliament in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
Electoral College comprises of a total of 788 members (Presently, 782 members) of both Houses of the Parliament. Since, all the electors are members of both Houses of the Parliament, the value of vote of each Member of Parliament would be same i.e. 1 (one).
For 2025, the 17th Vice-Presidential Election, the Electoral College consists of:
- 233 elected members of Rajya Sabha (Presently 05 seats are vacant)
- 12 nominated members of Rajya Sabha
- 543 elected members of Lok Sabha (Presently 01 seat is vacant).
VP Election Number Game
Out of the total 542 MPs in the Lok Sabha, the NDA has 293 MPs, whereas 249 are with the Opposition. In the Rajya Sabha, ruling alliance has the support of nearly 133 members.
Among the NDA allies, Chandrababu Naido's role in the Vice President election has become crucial. Since Sudershan Reddy is from Andhra Pradesh (united) and Naido's rival Jaganmohan Reddy with 11 MPs (04 in LS and 07 in RS) already announcing support for the INDIA bloc VP pick, Andhra CM is in a dilemma.
Naido's TDP has a total of 18 MPs (16 LS and 02 RS) and the Modi government is banking on its support to survive. If Naido decides to support Sudershan citing the notion that "he is son of the soil" as per the precedent in earlier President and Vice President elections, the NDA pick for Vice President Radhakrishnan can be in trouble.
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