Highlights 1 Venkaiah Naidu won 516 votes. Venkaiah Naidu did not campaign and seek votes, and it looks like it wasn't much of a gamble he took. The veteran former BJP leader won the vice-presidential elections, 2017 with a huge margin over his opponent, Gopalkrishna Gandhi. At final count, 516 votes were cast in favour of the next Vice-President of India, Venkaiah Naidu. Besides, BJP MP from Bihar, Chhedi Paswan, had been debarred from casting his vote following a judicial pronouncement.

Source: India Today August 05, 2017 16:18 UTC