ABVP clinches DUSU polls with 3-seat sweep; NSUI gets vice-prez

The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) stormed back to power in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, winning three of the four central panel posts, including that of president, as results were declared on Friday.

- Aheli Das

The Congress-backed National Students' Union of India (NSUI) managed to secure only the vice-president's post, while the SFI-AISA alliance yet again failed to open its account.

The results, declared a day after Thursday voting, reaffirmed ABVP's dominance on campus politics in the Capital.

Aryan Maan of ABVP clinched the president's post with 28,841 votes, defeating NSUI's Joslyn Nandita Choudhary by over 16,000 votes, in what may be one of the largest margins in DUSU's history. SFI-AISA candidate Anjali trailed far behind with 5,385 votes, while 3,175 students opted for NOTA. ABVP leaders hailed the win as the secondhighest margin ever in the presidential race, after Akshit Dahiya's 2019 victory.

NSUI, which staged a dramatic comeback in the 2024 DUSU election securing two posts, scored a single win - with the vice-president's post going to Rahul Jhansla, who polled 29,339 votes to defeat ABVP's Govind Tanwar by nearly 9,000 votes.

But the ABVP swept the other key positions. ABVP's Kunal Chaudhary won the secretary's post with 23,779 votes against NSUI's Kabir, while Deepika Jha defeated NSUI's Lavkush Bhadana to secure the joint secretary's post by a margin of 4,445 votes. According to the DUSU election committee, more than 59,000 votes were cast for each of the four central posts.