Earlier, counting for the DUSU elections had to be suspended due to technical glitches in electronic voting machines (EVMs). Four EVMs were found to be faulty after which student bodies started protesting
New Delhi: After a day-long suspense, Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) election results have finally been declared and it's a thumping victory for the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The BJP's student wing captured three out of four DUSU posts on offer, including those of the president, vice president and joint secretary. The National Students' Union of India (NSUI), affiliated to the Congress, managed to get only the post of secretary.
दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय छात्र संघ चुनाव में @ABVPVoice को मिली भव्य जीत पर परिषद के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को हार्दिक बधाई।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 13, 2018
यह जीत न सिर्फ युवाओं में राष्ट्रवादी विचारधारा के प्रति आस्था की जीत है बल्कि यह विभाजनकारी और अवसरवादी राजनीति के विरुद्ध युवाओं का जनादेश भी है। pic.twitter.com/bt5B3tb29j
Ankiv Baisoya of ABVP won the post of DUSU president by a massive margin. He secured 20,467 votes, whereas his nearest rival Sunny Chhillar of NSUI got 18,723 votes. The vice-president's post went to ABVP’s Shakti Singh who won it with 23,046 votes. NSUI’s Akash Choudhary won the post of secretary, while Jyoti Chaudhary of ABVP became the new joint secreatry.
We have done it again!
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) September 13, 2018
ABVP wins 3 of 4 seats in #DUSUElection2018! We have bagged the posts of President, Vice President and Joint Secretary!
Kudos to @ABVPDUSU @ABVPDelhi for putting in great effort. Congratulations for this resounding victory!#DUSUResults pic.twitter.com/kInnRfP2dp
Earlier, counting had to be suspended due to technical glitches in electronic voting machines (EVMs). Four EVMs were found to be faulty after which student bodies started protesting.
“We had proposed rectification of the faulty EVMs and resumption of the counting but the students were not ready for it. It was decided to suspend counting. A fresh date for the counting will be announced soon,” PTI had quoted an election officer as saying earlier.
Congratulations to all#ABVP Won
— ROHIT CHAHAL (@rohit_chahal) September 13, 2018
President
V-President
Jt-Secretary
DUSU 2018-2019 💫#DUSUresults
This morning the counting was delayed by 80 minutes and had to be halted multiple times owing to technical snags in some of the EVMs.
All those day-dreaming at the prospect of defeat of @ABVPVoice in #DUSUElection2018, must be crest-fallen with #DUSUresults.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 13, 2018
This is, they must note, a solid reaffirmation of mood of the nation - which is Modi-May all the way!
Heartiest congratulations@narendramodi @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/jUpi0UZucK
However, the counting restarted late in the evening. Though the NSUI was ahead in at least two posts, they ended up winning just one. The Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) student wing Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) didn’t manage to open its account.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken, however, tried to sound upbeat. “Under the given conditions, despite tampering or malfunctioning of EVMs, NSUI has performed admirably," he said.
Last Updated Sep 19, 2018, 9:25 AM IST