DUSU results: ABVP wins 3 posts, NSUI 1

DUSU Election Results: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won three seats in this year's Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls including the posts of President and Vice President. ABVP, the RSS's student wing, clinched the posts of President, Vice President and Joint Secretary of the Delhi University Students Union.

DUSU Election Results: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won three seats in this year's Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls including the post of President and Vice President. Photo: File

DUSU Election Results: Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won three seats in this year's Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) polls including the posts of President and Vice President. ABVP, the RSS's student wing, clinched the posts of President, Vice President and Joint Secretary of the Delhi University Students Union. Congress backed National Students' Union of India (NSUI) could only bag one seat- the post of Secretary. ABVP's Ankiv Basoya won the presidential post with a margin of 1744 votes while party's candidate Shakti Singh was declared as the vice president after he won with a margin of 7673 votes. NSUI's Akash Choudhary won the secretary's post while ABVP's Jyoti emerged victorious on the joint secretary post. Basoya got 20467 votes while his rival NSUI's Sunny Chhillar got 18723 votes. Singh received 23046 votes against NSUI rival Leena's 15373 votes. Choudhary, the lone winning candidate of the NSUI, alleged that fair elections were not conducted and data of seven EVMs were missing. The alliance of Aam Aadmi Party's Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) and Left-affiliated All India Students' Association (AISA) could not open its account. The Chief Electoral Officer in Delhi Thursday clarified that the EVMs used in DUSU elections have not been issued by the Election Commission and it seems to have been procured privately. The counting had to be suspended for few hours following glitch in the EVMs but was resumed in the evening amid heavy police deployment. The NSUI demanded fresh polling, while the ABVP demanded resumption of counting. "There are only 8 candidates so how is it possible that votes were cast to a 10th candidate? All machines were fine yesterday. Police and administration are involved in this," Fairoz Khan, NSUI president, alleged. Later, all candidates came to an agreement on resumption of counting. DUSU is the representative body of the Delhi University students from most colleges and faculties. Apart from DUSU, which is an umbrella council, each college has its own students' union to which separate elections are held. While the battle for DUSU has mainly been the contest between the NSUI and ABVP for years, AISA and CYSS have entered into an alliance and were also vying for the central panel posts this time. Amid heavy police presence and some last-minute wooing of voters, DUSU polls were held on Wednesday with a voter turnout of 44.46 per cent. (With inputs from PTI)