JNUSU Election 2024: ABVP, Left in neck-and-neck battle
JNUSU Election 2024: The student union elections were held in the JNU after a gap of four years. The campus resonated with slogans throughout Friday even as a section of the students alleged that the polling process was delayed by two hours.
JNUSU Elections 2024: The RSS affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the United Left outfits are locked in neck-and-neck fight for the central panel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Students' Union elections.
As per the early poll trends, Left's Dhananjay is leading the tally for the president's post with 1,361 votes followed by the ABVP's Umesh C Ajmeera with 1,162 votes.
For the vice-president's post also, the ABVP is giving a tough competition to the Left's candidate Avijit Ghosh, who is currently leading with 1,214 votes. ABVP's Deepika Sharma is second in the race with 984 votes.
The early poll trends are based on the tally of 3,295 ballots done by the the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) election committee shared by different students outfits.
For the general secretary's post, BAPSA candidate Priyanshi Arya is supported by the Left. She is leading the post with 1,478 votes.
The United Left extended its support to Arya after the Election Committee cancelled the nomination of its candidate Swati Singh after her candidacy was challenged by the ABVP. Arya is getting a close competition by ABVP's Arjun Anand with 1,309 votes.
However, the ABVP is leading the joint secretary's post with 1391 votes, followed by Left's Md Sajid with 1,321 votes. The counting of votes is currently underway with votes from many schools pending to be counted.
Earlier today, ABVP was leading in all four posts of Students' Union Election.
Polling for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union Election (JNUSU) was held on March 22. The counting of votes is taking place today.
The University will get its next students' union after a gap of four years. The election will elect candidates on four central panel posts at JNU and 42 candidates for school counsellors.
JNU's students' union has four central panel positions namely President, Vice President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary.
In 2019, JNUSU election was won by SFI's candidate Aishe Ghosh.