11 September,2016 09:10 AM IST | | Agencies
Priyanka Chabri, the lone girl in the elected panel, got 15,592 votes to become the vice-president
ABVP candidates Priyanka Chabri, Amit Tanwar and Ankit Sangwan celebrate their victory in the 2016 DUSU elections in Delhi. Pic/PTI
New Delhi: The BJP-affiliated ABVP has won three top posts of the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU), it was announced on Saturday. The Congress-backed National Students Union of India (NSUI) got one seat.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's Amit Tanwar, Priyanka Chabri and Ankit Sangwan were elected DUSU president, vice-president and secretary respectively. Mohit Garid of the NSUI won the Joint Secretary's post.
Tanwar defeated the NSUI's Nikhil Yadav by 4,290 votes, receiving 16,127 votes, against the latter's 11,837. Priyanka defeated the NSUI's Arjun Chaprana by 2,455 votes.
Ankit Sangwan defeated the NSUI's Vinita Dhaka by 1,683 votes. Mohit Garid defeated the ABVP's Vishal Yadav by 2,466 votes.
A significant number of 17,712 NOTA votes - which were introduced for the first time in DUSU polls - were also exercised by the students. The ABVP had swept all four posts in 2014 and 2015, defeating the NSUI and CYSS (Aam Aadmi Party's student wing) and the left-wing All India Students Association (AISA).
