DUSU polls: NSUI ahead in 3 seats; ABVP leading in vice-president race

The NSUI was leading in three posts of the Delhi University Students' Union elections, as the counting of votes is underway here on Monday.

According to the early trends, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) was leading on the posts of president, joint secretary, and secretary, while the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) was ahead in the vice president post.

After five rounds of counting, NSUI's presidential candidate Rounak Khatri was leading with 5,531 votes, while joint secretary candidate Lokesh Choudhary was ahead by 6,065 votes and secretary candidate Namrata Jeph Meena by 4,425 votes.

ABVP's Bhanu Pratap Singh was leading on the vice-president post by 6,101 votes.

The DUSU results, originally scheduled to be announced on September 28, a day after the elections, were delayed due to a Delhi High Court order.

The court had stalled the declaration of results until the defacement caused during the election campaign was cleaned.

The battle for the post of president is expected to be closely fought between ABVP's Rishabh Chaudhary, NSUI's Rounak Khatri, and AISA's Saavy Gupta.

For the post of vice president, ABVP's Bhanu Pratap Singh, NSUI's Yash Nandal, and AISA's Ayush Mondal are in contention.

For the secretary post, ABVP’s Mitravinda Karanwal is up against NSUI’s Namrata Jeph Meena and SFI’s Anamika K. The joint secretary position is being contested by ABVP’s Aman Kapasia, NSUI’s Lokesh Choudhary, and SFI’s Sneha Aggarwal.

This year’s trends mark a stark reversal of the outgoing union, where ABVP held three posts — president, secretary, and joint secretary — while NSUI held the vice president's position.