Overview

• Returning Officer P.C. Modi reported 767 ballots cast with 98.2% turnout, including 752 valid votes and 15 invalid.
• Opposition nominee Justice (Retd.) Sudarshan Reddy received 300 votes as Radhakrishnan cleared the first-preference threshold.
• Zee News reported roughly 14 votes moved from the opposition column to the NDA, indicating limited cross-voting.
• Decisions by the BJD, BRS and Shiromani Akali Dal to stay away reduced the opposition’s available votes.
• Radhakrishnan will chair the Rajya Sabha upon taking office after the poll necessitated by Jagdeep Dhankhar’s health-related resignation.