DUSU Election Result 2019 highlights: ABVP's Akshit Dahiya defeats NSUI's Chetna Tyagi for president post by 19,000 votes

DUSU results an indication of political mood in India: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan congratulated the ABVP winners and the “youth brigade” of the organisation for “sweeping” the DUSU election. He claimed that the results were “an indication of the political mood in the country”. “Nationalistic ideologies and ethos of ABVP have made it a natural choice for the youth,” he said.

Heartiest congratulations to Akshit, Pradeep and Shivangi, the youth brigade of @ABVPVoice for sweeping the #DUSUElections2019.The results are an indication of the political mood in the country. Nationalistic ideologies & ethos of #ABVP has made it a natural choice for the youth.

— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) September 13, 2019

We’ve done it yet again, says ABVP

We have done it, yet again!

We thank the students of Delhi University for reaffirming their faith in our leadership & choosing #ABVP4DUSU.

Congratulations to karyakartas of @ABVPDelhi @ABVPDUSU for relentless efforts that won us 3 of 4 seats in #DUSU!#ABVPWinsDUSU #ABVPRocks pic.twitter.com/voP52OesPS

— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) September 13, 2019

NSUI’s wins Ashish Lamba secretary’s post by 2,053 votes

Ashish Lamba of the National Students Union of India bagged the secretary’s post defeating Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s Yogi Rathee by a margin of 2,053 votes.

ABVP wins vice president and joint secretary posts by margin of 8,574 and 2,914 votes respectively

The posts of vice president and joint secretary were won by RSS-affiliated ABVP’s Pradeep Tanwar and Shivangi Kharwal by a margin of 8,574 and 2,914 votes respectively.

ABVP won president post by 19,000 votes

Akshit Dahiya of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad defeated National Students Union of India’s Chetna Tyagi for the top post by a margin of over 19,000 votes.

DUSU 2019 polls sees 39.9 percent voter turnout

As of Thursday, the DUSU election saw a voter turnout of 39.9 percent, over four notches down from 2018, when a 44.46 percent voter turnout was recorded. Hot and humid weather, holidays in colleges and disenchantment of students with the politics were cited as reasons for the lower turnout.

NSUI wins the Secretary post

While the top three posts have been bagged by ABVP, the Congress-affiliated NSUI won the post of Secretary. According to the initial trends, after the counting of votes from 45 EVMs, the ABVP was leading in all four seats.

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) wins three(President,Vice President and Joint Secretary) out of the four posts in Delhi University Student Polls, National Students' Union of India(NSUI) wins one(Secretary). pic.twitter.com/4HV73BjKER

— ANI (@ANI) September 13, 2019

ABVP wins three of the four central posts

Of the four posts in Delhi University Student Polls, results of three posts have been announced and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won for the positions president, vice president and joint secretary seats.

Counting of votes delayed by two hours

The counting for DUSU elections which was supposed to begin at 8.30 am was delayed by two hours as the candidates turned up late, an official said.

ABVP takes lead in all four central panel posts

With counting of votes still underway in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) polls, latest trends show the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leading in all the four seats of the central panel on Friday, 13 September.