Vice President News | Who Is CP Radhakrishnan, India's Next Vice President? Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan will be the new vice-president Radhakrishnan, the candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), defeated the INDIA bloc's B Sudershan Reddy, who was the other candidate in the election for the second-highest constitutional position, necessitated by Jagdeep Dhankhar's sudden resignation on 21 July. While 754 votes were cast, 15 were found to be invalid. Of the valid votes, Radhakrishnan got 452 first preference votes, Justice Reddy got 300, said Returning Officer for the election PV Mody.