Naidu won VP election by highest victory margin in 30 years
Vice President-elect M Venkaiah Naidu won the election by the highest victory margin in the last 30 years. He secured 516 votes, while Opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi got 244. Further, as many as 771 out of 786 (98.21%) MPs cast their vote in the election, setting the record for the highest-ever voter turnout in the Vice Presidential elections.