Overview

• Polling runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept 9 in Room F-101 (Vasudha), Parliament House, with counting from 6 p.m. the same evening.
• The electoral college stands at 781 MPs with a majority mark of 391, and tallies cited in multiple reports place the NDA near 422–425 votes.
• YSRCP has declared support for the NDA nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan, while BJD and BRS will abstain, narrowing the opposition’s path for B. Sudershan Reddy.
• Opposition parties conducted a mock poll in the Central Hall to minimise invalid ballots, as the BJP-led camp finalised logistics and briefings for MPs.
• Voting is by secret ballot under the single transferable vote, no whips apply, and both camps sharpened messaging, including BJP attacks over Reddy’s meeting with Lalu Prasad.