Presidential polls: OPS casts his vote wearing PPE kit

CHENNAI: With the tenure of Ram Nath Kovind coming to an end on July 24, around 4,800 MPs and MLAs will vote to elect the 15th President of India today.

The polling will take place between 10 am and 5 pm in Parliament House and state legislative assemblies.

The counting of votes will take place on July 21 while the next President will take oath on July 25.

Watch this space for live updates:

Former Deputy CM of Tamil Nadu O Panneerselvam casts his vote for the Presidential polls in PPE kit as he is suffering from Covid-19.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrives at the State Assembly in Kolkata to cast her vote for the

Union Minister & BJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan casts his vote in the Parliament for the Presidential polls

AAP MP Harbhajan Singh & BJP MP Gautam Gambhir cast their votes for the Presidential polls

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi casts his vote for the Presidential elections

Congress MPs Sonia Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor, and Mallikarjun Kharge cast their votes for the Presidential polls

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao casts his vote for #PresidentialElections in Hyderabad

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar casts his vote for Presidential elections

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan cast their votes for the Presidential polls in Delhi

Manmohan Singh, Mulayam Singh Yadav arrive in wheelchair to cast vote

I've voted for the #PresidentialElections. We hope that NDA's candidate Droupadi Murmu will get maximum votes from our state: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

NCP MLA Kandhal S Jadeja says he has voted for NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu

Not even in my dreams did I think that a common man like me would be given such an opportunity.A farmer's son has filed his nomination today...Grateful to PM Modi & the leadership for this opportunity: NDA's Vice Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar after filing his nomination

About 350 electors, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former PM Manmohan Singh, have voted so far.

In today's Presidential election, Shiv Sena is supporting Draupadi Murmu. We believe that Presidential polls are different from any political election. It's the highest post & vote should be cast for a suitable candidate. So, we took this decision: Aaditya Thackeray

Jagdeep Dhankhar files his nomination for the Vice Presidential elections, as the candidate of NDA.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal casts his vote for the Presidential election, at Delhi Assembly.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan casts his vote for the Presidential election, at the State Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah cast his vote for the Presidential election, at Parliament.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma casts his vote for the Presidential election, at the State Assembly.

Goa CM Pramod Sawant casts his vote in the election being held for the post of President of India in Goa assembly.

Jayant Sinha - BJP MP and son of Opposition's Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha - casts his vote for the Presidential election, at the Parliament.

BJP MP Hema Malini casts her vote to elect the new President of India, at the Parliament.

Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur casts his vote in the election being held for the post of President of India.

Former Prime Minister and Congress MP Dr Manmohan Singh cast his vote for the Presidential election, today at the Parliament.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde votes in the 16th Presidential election

MLAs cast their votes for the Presidential election, at Punjab and Haryana Assemblies.

Union Minister and BJP MP Anurag Thakur casts his vote in the election being held for the post of President of India, in Parliament

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami votes in the 16th Presidential election

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia casts his vote at the Assembly, for Presidential Election.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot casts his vote for the Presidential election

Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy casts his vote in the 16th Presidential election

This election is very important, will set path for country's democracy, whether it will stay or end. I appeal to all voters to listen to their hearts. This is a secret ballot, I hope they'll use their discretion & elect me to save democracy: Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha

Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha says: Vote for me to save democracy

MLAs arrive to cast their votes for the Presidential elections in the Telangana assembly

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik votes in the 16th Presidential election, at the State Assembly in Bhubaneswar.

Voting to elect the next President of India is underway in Manipur Assembly Secretariat, Imphal.

Voting in the election being held for the post of President of India is underway at Parliament

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel casts his vote in Gandhinagar in the election being held for the post of President of India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote in Delhi

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath casts vote to elect new President, in Lucknow

MLAs show victory sign as they queue up in the State Assembly, Kolkata to cast their votes for the Presidential election.

Stalin who was discharged from Kauvery hospital headed straight to the Secretariat and cast his vote. Stalin was the first voter to exercise his franchise in the Presidential election in TN.

President Election voting at Tamil Nadu Secretariat: CM MK Stalin and leaders cast their vote.

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Voting begins for the Presidential election; MPs and MLAs across the country cast their votes.