NEW DELHI, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- C.P. Radhakrishnan was elected as India's new vice president on Tuesday.
Voting for the post took place at the Indian Parliament. The election was necessitated by the sudden resignation of erstwhile Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 21.
Radhakrishnan was the joint candidate of the political parties comprising the ruling alliance.
India's vice president holds the ex officio post of the chairman of Rajya Sabha (the parliament's upper house), and presides over the upper house when in session. ■
