10 Years Of DUSU Elections: A Look At The Winners Of The Last Decade

The Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) Elections 2024 were conducted on September 27.

DUSU Elections 2024 were conducted on September 27. (Representative Image)

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After almost two months since polling, the counting of votes for the declaration of results of the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections is underway and is expected to be released by the end of the day.

In September, the Delhi High Court had stayed the counting of votes due to issues related to alleged defacement of public and private properties during the election campaign. A few weeks ago, the court directed the university to resume the counting process and finish it by November 26, subject to the condition that the defacements were cleaned up.

As per the information received from officials, about 51,300 students cast their votes out of 1.45 lakh eligible voters.

In this year’s election, Aam Aadmi Party’s student wing, Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS), did not participate in the polls.

Winners Of Last 10 DUSU polls

Here’s a look at the winners of the last 10 DUSU polls:

2023:

After a gap of four years, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s affiliated student body, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), won three seats. Tushar Dedha (ABVP) won the president’s post, while Aprajita and Sachin Basla from ABVP won the posts of secretary and joint secretary, respectively. Congress-backed National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) candidate Abhi Dahiya won the post of vice president.

2019:

ABVP's Akshit Dahiya took the post of president, while Pradeep Tanwar and Shivangi Karwal won the posts of vice president and joint secretary, respectively. NSUI's Ashish Lamba got the post of secretary.

2018:

ABVP's candidate Ankit Basoya and Shakti Singh won the posts of president and vice president, respectively, while Jyoti Singh got the post of joint secretary. NSUI candidate Akash Choudhary won the post of secretary.

2017:

Rocky Tuseed and Kunal Sehrawat of NSUI won the president and vice president posts, respectively, while ABVP’s Mahamedha Nagar and Uma Shankar won the posts of secretary and joint secretary.

2016:

ABVP’s candidates Amit Tanwar, Priyanka Chabri, and Ankit Sangwan won the posts of president, vice president, and secretary, respectively, while NSUI’s candidate Mohit Sangwan won the joint secretary post.

2015:

ABVP made a clean sweep, winning all four posts. Satendar Awana and Sunny Dedha won the posts of president and vice president, respectively, while Anjali Rana and Chhattarpal Yadav secured the posts of secretary and joint secretary, respectively.

2014:

Riding on the Modi wave, ABVP won all four seats. Mohit Nagar won the post of president, and Pravesh Malik took the vice president role. Kanika Shekhawat was elected as secretary, and Ashutosh Mathur secured the post of joint secretary.

2013:

ABVP’s Aman Awana, Utkarsh Choudhary, and Raju Rawat won the posts of president, vice president, and joint secretary, respectively. NSUI’s Karishma Thakur was elected as secretary.

2012:

NSUI’s candidates Arun Hooda, Varun Khari, and Varun Choudhary won the posts of president, vice president, and secretary, respectively. NSUI’s Raveena Choudhary and ABVP’s Vishu Basoya held the office for six months each, as the two candidates tied for the post of joint secretary.

2011:

NSUI’s candidate Ajay Chikara won the post of president, while ABVP’s Vikas Choudhary took the vice president post. ABVP’s Vikas Yadav and Deepak Bansal won the posts of secretary and joint secretary, respectively.