JNU Election 2024: Poll Body Declares 35 Candidates Eligible For President's Post, ABVP Releases Candidate List

JNU Election 2024: The Jawaharlal Nehru University's election committee has released a list of 141 eligible candidates.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus Picture.

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University's election committee has released a list of 141 eligible candidates competing for positions in the central panel of the upcoming student union elections. The central panel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) comprises four roles: president, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary. For the 2023-24 JNUSU elections, the Election Committee has cleared 35 candidates for the president's post, 37 for vice-president, 38 for general secretary, and 31 for joint secretary.

The Election Committee (EC) has published the names of students whose candidature has been approved for contesting the central panel of the JNU students union. Additionally, the poll body has released a list of 171 candidates eligible to compete for the councilor position from various schools within the university.

Around 20 schools from the Jawaharlal Nehru University will participate in the upcoming polls, as per EC data. Nominations are currently open for withdrawal, and the EC will display the final list at 3 pm.

ABVP Announces Potential Candidates

For the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has announced its potential candidates.

ABVP has declared the following candidates for the central panel:

- President: Umesh Chandra Ajmera (Research Scholar, School of International Studies)
- Vice President: Deepika Sharma (Research Scholar, School of Environmental Sciences)
- General Secretary: Arjun Anand (Research Scholar, Special Centre for North East Studies)
- Joint Secretary: Govind Dangi (Research Scholar, School of International Studies)

In addition to the positions of President, Vice President, Secretary, and Joint Secretary, elections are also scheduled for 42 councillors in the JNUSU elections. These elections for the 42 councillors will be conducted across 16 schools and one special combined center and today marked the deadline for filing nominations, while tomorrow will be the final date for the withdrawal of nominations. Furthermore, the elections are scheduled for March 22. In preparation for this, ABVP has started its pre-campaign.