Around 1.45 lakh students vote in DUSU elections

The University of Delhi had scheduled student union elections for the session 2024-25 for September 27,2024. From over 52 colleges had cast their votes for electing a new president, vice president, secretary and joint secretary.

 More than 1.45 lakh students cast their votes in the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections at the varsity's North and South campuses till 5.45 pm on Friday, an official statement said.

The voting procedure had been planned in two phases. So, it would be easier to accommodate with different class schedules, the timings were from 8:30AM to 1:00PM for daytime classes and in other phase from 3:00PM to 7:00PM for evening classes.

Amidst the campaign season, there were reports of defacement and property damage on which a notice had also been issued which stated, “The DUSU election office is keeping a close watch over the display of banners, posters and the number of vehicles used in rallies and other modes of canvassing by different candidates. These should be strictly within the limits mentioned in the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations,”.

Later Delhi High court ruled, Voting will happen however counting would not take place until the clearance of college premises from posters and banners.

In the previous month, the University of Delhi appointed Satyapal Singh as the Chief Election officer to organize students’ union polls for the year 2024-25. The university has appointed a three-member committee to conduct the 2024-2025 elections for DUSU. Professor Raj Kishore Sharma has been appointed as the chief returning officer whereas Rajesh Singh has been appointed as the returning officer. The returning officer is from the Department of Chemistry and returning officer is a librarian.

Election results were scheduled to be released on September 28,2024. However, amidst the court orders and hearing, the election results have now been put on halt.