DUSU polls: ABVP wins 3 central panel posts, NSUI one

The RSSaffiliated ABVP on Saturday won three central panel posts including that of president in the Delhi University Students Union DUSU and the Congress student wing NSUI bagged the remaining one according to officialsTushar Dedha of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP won the post of DUSU president defeating NSUIs Hitesh Gulia by a margin of 3115 votes Dedha got 23460 votes and Gulia 20345The Congress student wings Abhi Dahiya bagged the post of vicepresident Dahiya received 22331 votes and defeated ABVPs Sushant Dhankar by a margin of 1829 votesABVPs Aparajita and Sachin Baisla won the posts of secretary and joint secretary respectivelyWhile Aparajita defeated NSUIs Yakshana Sharma by a margin of 12937 votes Baisla defeated the Congress student wings Shubham Kumar Chaudhary by a margin of 9995 votesThe counting of votes for the DUSUs central panel posts of president vicepresident secretary and joint secretary concluded on Saturday evening The election was held on FridayUnion minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated the winning candidates of the ABVPABVP sweeps DUSU Rahul Gandhi campaigned in Delhi University Students Union Election which helped ABVP to increase its vote share Congratulations to all the Winning Candidates of ABVP its cadres as well as all the wishers the minister posted on XBJP MP and party youth wing president Tejasvi Surya posted Congratulations to Team ABVP on winning the DUSU elections A clear indication of the ideological positions that our students and young are taking in the country Vande MataramThe NSUI thanked its activists and supporters for the victory in the post of vicepresidentIn a post on X it said Congratulations to Abhi Dahiya for securing victory in the post of Vice President in the Delhi University students union elections We would like to thank all the supporters and activists of the NSUI This victory belongs to you We pledge to keep raising the voice of common students across the nationThe DUSU elections have always seen a direct fight between the ABVP and the National Students Union of India NSUI The ABVP won three of the four seats in the 2019 elections as wellThe DUSU elections were last held in 2019 The polls could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID19 while possible disruptions to the academic calendar prevented their conduct in 2022Twentyfour candidates were in the fray for the four posts this yearChander Shekhar the chief election officer for the polls said the university recorded a voter turnout of 42 per cent Around one lakh students were eligible to vote in the electionWhile the voting percentage was higher than in 2019 when a turnout of 3990 per cent was recorded it failed to surpass the nearly 11yearhigh figure of 2018The turnouts in 2018 and 2017 were 4446 per cent and 428 per cent respectivelyElections at 52 colleges and departments for the central panel were conducted through electronic voting machines EVMs while voting for the college union polls was on paper ballotsFor the students core issues ranged from fee hikes to the lack of affordable accommodations enhanced security during college fests and menstrual leavesThe ABVP Congressaffiliated NSUI CPIMbacked Students Federation of India SFI and the CPIMLLiberationlinked All India Students Association AISA had fielded candidates for all four central postsThe DUSU is the main representative body for most colleges and faculties Each college also has its own students union elections to which are held annuallyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever