The counting for the DUSU polls has been begun at 8.30 am on Thursday. Polling took place at 52 centers in the colleges, where as many as 1.35 lakh voters have been involved in deciding the fate of 23 candidates in the DUSU polls. In 2018 DUSU Election candidates for the post of Joint Secretary are- Jyoti Chaudhary (ABVP), Saurabh Yadav (NSUI), Sreejith K (SFI), Sunny Tanwar (CYSS-AISA). While for the post of Joint Secretary- Sudhir Dedha (ABVP), Aakash Choudhary (NSUI), Chandra Mani Dev (CYSS-AISA), Subash Bhatt (SFI) are in the fray. The college-wise results shows that the mood of the students, many of whom opined that they vote based on a candidates reputation, than his or her ideological bent.
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11:45 AM IST- The NSUI said it is considered the DUSU polls as an “election of prestige”. The ABVP is using the elections to promote the BJP’s schemes on campus.
11:35 AM IST- The counting of DUSU elections was put on hold as an EVM machine is not functioning properly
11:30 AM IST- After a poor performance in 2015, the student wing of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), has joined the fray this year by partnering with leftist group All India Students’ Association (AISA), affiliated with CPI-Marxist-Leninist
11:00 AM IST- NSUI wins president’s post in Zakir Hussain Evening College
The NSUI’s presidential candidate in Zakir Hussain Evening College has won with the lead of more then 250 votes. AISA’s candidate Nabiya Alam won on central councillor Post in Zakir Husain Delhi College.
Candidates contesting for the vice-president’s post
- Shakti Singh (ABVP)
- Leena (NSUI)
- Anshika Singh (AISA-CYSS)
- Deepak (INSO)
- Neelanjita Biswas (SFI)
Candidates in fray for post of president
- Ankiv Baisoya (ABVP) (MA Buddhist Studies)
- Sunny Chillar (NSUI) (BA Sanskrit, Shivaji college)
- Abhigyan (CYSS-AISA) (BA political science, Ramjas)
- Akashdeep tripathi (SFI) (MA Buddhist studies)
- Preeti Chauhan ((INSO) (BA Programme, Shivaji college)