Live: DUSU election results 2019 declared; ABVP wins 3 out of four posts, NSUI bags one

IANS photo (Students queue up with their identity cards to cast their votes for the Delhi University Students Union elections)

New Delhi: The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) swept the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections 2019 as it won three of the four key seats, while the Congress-linked National Students' Union of India (NSUI) bagged just one post.

ABVP candidates Akshit Dahiya, Pradeep Tanwar and Shivangi Kharwal got the maximum votes for the post of President, Vice-president and Joint-secretary, respectively. The lone winner from NSUI was Aakash Choudhary, who managed to defeat his opponent for the post of DUSU Secretary.

After a delay of almost one hours, the counting of votes for the Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) election began from 8:30 AM on Friday. The election for student body representatives was held across 52 polling stations set up in various colleges and faculty departments.

Voter turnout was recorded at 39.90 per cent out of around 1.3 lakh students and faculty members who were eligible to cast their vote. The turnout dropped by four per cent in 2019, as in 2018, 44.46 per cent voter turnout was recorded. According to DU Chief Election Officer Ashok Prasad, votes were counted at the Community Hall of the Police Lines in northwest Delhi`s Kingsway Camp.

Here are the live updates:

13 September 2019

15:35 IST

DUSU election results 2019 declared; ABVP wins 3 out of four key posts, NSUI bags one.

14:20 IST

After 18 rounds of counting, ABVP regains lead on all four seats, as per the latest trends. NSUI was leading on joint secretary post before ABVP took over.