M Venkaiah Naidu, the candidate of the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, will be India's next Vice President as results were declared of the election in which Members of Parliament cast their votes today. The NDA, which has a majority in the Lok Sabha, found it easy to place its candidate as the next vice president. The opposition had fielded former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi against Mr Naidu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to cast his vote in parliament.
