Student polls come to peaceful end
15 Sept 2012 5:55 AM IST
The much-awaited Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) elections this year finished peacefully on Friday, with around 37 per cent of the students exercising their franchise. Apparently, heavy heavy rains played the spoilsport.
C S Dubey, Chief Election Officer of DUSU, said, ‘Compared to last year, there has been around 5 to 6 per cent increase in the number of voters this year. This might be because students felt safe amid tight security.’
Last year, around 32 per cent students cast their vote.
Thirteen candidates were in the fray for the post of president, seven for vice-president and nine each for the posts of secretary and joint secretary.
Students of morning colleges voted between 8.30 am and 12.30 pm and students of evening colleges voted between 3 and 7 pm.
ABVP’s presidential candidate was Ankit Dhananjay Chaudhary and for vice-president was Gaurav Chaudhary. ABVP’s candidate for secretary was Ritu Rana and for joint secretary, Vishu Basoya.
Arun Hooda of NSUI contested for the post of president, Varun Khari for vice-president, Varun Chaudhary for secretary and Raveena Choudhary for joint secretary.
The ban on printed posters failed to deter the candidates and their supporters were seen distributing hundreds of hand-printed posters and pamphlets in south campus of DU while voting. Results will be declared by Saturday afternoon.
‘The turnout was good and we believe this augurs well for us. Despite rains students did turn out to vote. And I believe, the inflation in general and the diesel price hike introduced yesterday must have driven a number of students to vote in our favour,’ said ABVP’s state president Rohit Chahal.
The ABVP has for the last two years rode on the anti-corruption and anti-incumbency factors to score well against the Congress's student wing NSUI.
Last year, the NSUI won the prestigious post of president but lost out the other three panel posts to ABVP.
‘We are satisfied with the turnout. The rain did not play spoils sport this time. It started when the polling was ending for the morning colleges and ended before the evening polling began. We are confident of a good show,’ said NSUI spokesperson Amrish Pandey. A total of 984 EVM machines were put up today across the university.
Apart from polling in colleges, the administration had set up 50 voting centers under 12 clusters for convenience of over 86,000 voters.
58% JNU STUDENTS VOTE
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union [JNUSU] elections ended with around 58 per cent voting. The result is likely to be declared on Saturday.
Chandan, Chief Election Officer of JNUSU, said 30 candidates contested for posts of president, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary.Â
The Left-affiliated AISA had bagged all the four posts in the last elections. The university, which saw its first election after four years in March this year, once again went to the polls. Creative posters of different parties dotted the campus along with posters put up by an anti-Lyngdoh recommendation group, Students For Resistance [SFR], to boycott the elections.
In a campus dominated by Leftist student parties such as Student Federation of India [SFI], All India Students' Association [AISA], visibly marking their presence were the Congress' student wing, National Students Union of India [NSUI], and Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP]-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad [ABVP]. Apart from the usual street plays and college visits to garner support, student outfits took to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to reach out to a wider electorate.
C S Dubey, Chief Election Officer of DUSU, said, ‘Compared to last year, there has been around 5 to 6 per cent increase in the number of voters this year. This might be because students felt safe amid tight security.’
Last year, around 32 per cent students cast their vote.
Thirteen candidates were in the fray for the post of president, seven for vice-president and nine each for the posts of secretary and joint secretary.
Students of morning colleges voted between 8.30 am and 12.30 pm and students of evening colleges voted between 3 and 7 pm.
ABVP’s presidential candidate was Ankit Dhananjay Chaudhary and for vice-president was Gaurav Chaudhary. ABVP’s candidate for secretary was Ritu Rana and for joint secretary, Vishu Basoya.
Arun Hooda of NSUI contested for the post of president, Varun Khari for vice-president, Varun Chaudhary for secretary and Raveena Choudhary for joint secretary.
The ban on printed posters failed to deter the candidates and their supporters were seen distributing hundreds of hand-printed posters and pamphlets in south campus of DU while voting. Results will be declared by Saturday afternoon.
‘The turnout was good and we believe this augurs well for us. Despite rains students did turn out to vote. And I believe, the inflation in general and the diesel price hike introduced yesterday must have driven a number of students to vote in our favour,’ said ABVP’s state president Rohit Chahal.
The ABVP has for the last two years rode on the anti-corruption and anti-incumbency factors to score well against the Congress's student wing NSUI.
Last year, the NSUI won the prestigious post of president but lost out the other three panel posts to ABVP.
‘We are satisfied with the turnout. The rain did not play spoils sport this time. It started when the polling was ending for the morning colleges and ended before the evening polling began. We are confident of a good show,’ said NSUI spokesperson Amrish Pandey. A total of 984 EVM machines were put up today across the university.
Apart from polling in colleges, the administration had set up 50 voting centers under 12 clusters for convenience of over 86,000 voters.
58% JNU STUDENTS VOTE
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union [JNUSU] elections ended with around 58 per cent voting. The result is likely to be declared on Saturday.
Chandan, Chief Election Officer of JNUSU, said 30 candidates contested for posts of president, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary.Â
The Left-affiliated AISA had bagged all the four posts in the last elections. The university, which saw its first election after four years in March this year, once again went to the polls. Creative posters of different parties dotted the campus along with posters put up by an anti-Lyngdoh recommendation group, Students For Resistance [SFR], to boycott the elections.
In a campus dominated by Leftist student parties such as Student Federation of India [SFI], All India Students' Association [AISA], visibly marking their presence were the Congress' student wing, National Students Union of India [NSUI], and Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP]-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad [ABVP]. Apart from the usual street plays and college visits to garner support, student outfits took to social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to reach out to a wider electorate.
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