PHOTOS | Modi strides in, Manmohan arrives in wheelchair to elect Dhankhar Vice President

Parliamentarians on Saturday exercised their franchise to elect the next Vice President of India. National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar beat Opposition pick Margaret Alva by 346 votes. Around 93 per cent polling was recorded on Saturday, with more than 50 MPs not exercising their franchise. Officials said of the total 780 MPs, as many as 725 MPs voted till 5 pm when the polling concluded.

Parliamentarians on Saturday exercised their franchise to elect the next Vice President of India. National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar beat Opposition pick Margaret Alva by 346 votes. Around 93 per cent polling was recorded on S 

Senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh (L) and PM Modi cast their votes during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photos | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh arrives to cast his vote during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi seen during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva during the election of the Vice President at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. 80-year-old Alva is a Congress veteran and has served as governor of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS).

L-R: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Margaret Alva and NCP's Supriya Sule during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS).

Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS).

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS).

Home Minister Amit Shah casts his vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS).

BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

MP and athlete PT Usha casts her vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan casts his vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran casts his vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

AAP MP and cricketer Harbhajan Singh casts his vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

DMK MP Kanimozhi and Congress MP Karti Chidambaram are seen during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

BJP MP and actor Hema Malini casts her vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Union Minister Smriti Irani casts her vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman casts her vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor casts his vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote in the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan seen during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

(L-R): Union Ministers Anupriya Patel (third from left), Darshana Jardosh (second from left), and Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (extreme right) along with other MPs seen during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva (second from right) and others seen during the Vice Presidential election at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 6, 2022. (Photo | PTI)