Hamid Ansari has been elected as the 13th vice-president of India.
The United Progressive Alliance-Left candidate defeated National Democratic Alliance candidate Najma Heptulla and the Third Front candidate Rashid Masood in Friday's election.
Ansari got 455 votes and Heptulla got 222.
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