Vice-President Poll 2022: PM Modi, Amit Shah, others cast votes

All MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, are entitled to vote in the vice presidential election.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday cast his vote along with other parliamentarians for the vice-presidential elections.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also cast his vote in the Parliament as voting to elect the country’s next Vice-President began on Saturday.

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

Voting for the Vice Presidential election in which the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate is pitted against the Opposition nominee Margaret Alva began at 10 am and will continue till 5 pm.

All MPs of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, are entitled to vote in the vice presidential election.

Votes will be counted today itself and the next Vice-President of the country will take the oath of office on August 11, a day after the term of the incumbent Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu ends.

New Delhi: Congress MP Sonia Gandhi casts her vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)
New Delhi: Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani casts her vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)
New Delhi: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)
New Delhi: Union MoS for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel casts her vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: NCP MP Supriya Sule casts her vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)
New Delhi: AAP MP Harbhajan Singh casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: AAP MP Raghav Chadha casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)
New Delhi: SP MP Ram Gopal Verma casts his vote for the election of the Vice President, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma)

(With ANI inputs)

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