BJP-affiliated ABVP wins 3 of 4 seats in Delhi University polls

The BJP-affiliated ABVP won three out of the four central panel posts of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) after 27 rounds of counting, according to DUSU election officials. ABVP’s Tushar Dedha won the post of DUSU president, defeating NSUI’s Hitesh Gulia. The Congress student wing’s Abhi Dahiya bagged the post of Vice President. ABVP’s Aparajita and Sachin Baisla won the posts of Secretary and Joint Secretary defeating their closest rivals by a significant margin. The voter turnout in 2019 — when the elections were last held — was 39.90 per cent. The turnouts in 2018 and 2017 were 44.46 per cent and 42.8 per cent, respectively. Twenty-four candidates were in the fray for the elections. The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), Congress students’ wing National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), CPI(M)-backed Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and the CPI(ML)-Liberation-linked All India Students’ Association (AISA) fielded candidates for all four central posts. The ABVP won three of the four seats in the 2019 elections. The DUSU is the main representative body for most colleges and faculties. Each college also has its own students’ union, elections to which are held annually. This is a developing story.