After HC Order, JNUSU Results Declared: A Left Sweep Once Again
A total of 14 candidates are in the fray for the keenly contested elections. The results will be out by 8 September.
Hours after the Delhi High Court permitted the JNU election committee (EC) to declare the results of the students' union polls, the body on Tuesday, 17 September announced that the Left Unity won all the four central panel posts in the election.
SFI's Aishe Ghosh has been elected as the JNUSU president with 2,313 votes, defeating ABVP's Manish Jangid, who got 1,128 votes.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Delhi HC permitted the EC to declare the results of the polls held on 6 September, and allowed the administration to notify them in accordance with Lyngdoh Committee recommendations.
The court had earlier restrained the varsity from notifying the election results till 17 September.
- The court on Tuesday clarified that declaration and notification of the results will be subject to further orders passed by the Grievance Redressal Committee
- The court passed the order while disposing petitions by two students
- While one student alleged that his nomination was illegally rejected for election as councillor, the other said the EC reduced the number of seats for the post
- The polls witnessed a 67.9 percent voter turnout, believed to be the highest in seven years.
- In last year’s elections too, the Left Unity won all the four central panel seats
JNUSU Results: Final Tally
President
- Aishe Ghosh (Left Unity): 2,313
- Manish Jangid (ABVP): 1,128
- Jitendra Suna (BAPSA): 1,121
Vice President
- Saket Moon (Left): 3,365
- Shruti Agnihotri (ABVP): 1,335
General Secretary
- Satish Chandra Yadav (Left): 2,518
- Sabareesh PA (ABVP): 1,355
- Waseem RS (BAPSA): 1,232
Joint Secretary
- Md Danish (Left): 3,295
- Sumanta Kumar Sahu (ABVP): 1,508
Left Sweeps JNU Students' Union Polls Once Again
Hours after the Delhi High Court permitted the JNU election committee to declare the results of the students' union polls, the body on Tuesday announced that the Left Unity won all the four central panel posts in the election.
SFI's Aishe Ghosh has been elected as the JNUSU president with 2,313 votes, defeating ABVP's Manish Jangid, who got 1,128 votes.
JNU Permitted to Notify Result of JNUSU Elections
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday permitted the JNU election committee to declare the results of the students union polls held on September 6.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva also allowed the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration to notify the poll results in accordance with Lyngdoh committee recommendations.
The court had restrained the varsity from notifying the election results till 17 September.
It passed the order on Tuesday while disposing two petitions by two students, who had alleged that their nomination for polls were illegally rejected for election as councillor of JNUSU.
After 5050 votes, Left Unity Leads the Race for President
After counting of 5,050 ballots out of 5,762 votes, Left Unity’s Aishe Ghosh leads the race for President with 2,069 votes. There’s a close contest between BAPSA’s Jitendra Suna with 985 votes and ABVP’s Manish Jangid with 981 votes.
For the post of Vice-President, Left Unity’s Saket Moon is in the lead with 3,028 votes and ABVP’s Shruti Agnihotri with 1,165 votes. In the race for General Secretary, Left Unity’s Satish Chandra Yadav is in the lead with 2,228 votes and BAPSA’s Waseem RS trails with 1,070.
Left Unity’s Md. Danish leads the race for the post of Joint Secretary with 2,938 votes and ABVP’s Sumanta Kumar Sahu has 1,310.
3500 Votes Counted, Left Unity Retains Lead for President
After counting 3500 ballots out of 5762 votes, Left Unity’s Aishe Ghosh leads the race for President with 1486 votes. BAPSA’s Jitendra Suna is at second with 711 votes, closely followed by ABVP’s Manish Jangid with 600 votes.
The Left Unity’s Saket Moon leads the race for Vice-President with 2192 votes, and ABVP’s Shruti Agnihotri coming in second with 729 votes. For the post of General Secretary, Left Unity’s Satish Chandra Yadav leads with 1581 votes, with BAPSA’s Waseem RS coming in second with 799 votes. Left Unity’s MD Danish leads in the race for the Joint Secretary with 2094 votes, and APVP’s Sumanta Kumar Sahu coming in second with 857 votes.
3,000 Ballots Counted, Left Unity Retains Lead
With 3000 ballots counted, the Left Unity continues to retain the lead in the four key seats.
The Left Unity’s Aishe Ghosh leads the race for President with 1363 votes. BAPSA’s Jitendra Suna is at second with 663 votes and the ABVP’s Manish Jangid is a distant third with 478 votes.
The Left Unity’s Saket Moon leads the race for Vice President with 2,011 votes. The ABVP’s Shruti Agnihotri is at a distance second with 584 votes.
The Left Unity’s Satish Chandra Yadav leads the race for General Secretary with 1443 votes, with the post for Joint Secretary seeing the Left Unity’s Md. Danish lead with 1904 votes.
After 1800 Ballots Counted, Left Unity Leads in All Seats
The most recent update, placed the Left Unity in the lead in all the seats.
The Left Unity’s Aishe Ghosh leads the race for President with 801 votes. BAPSA’s Jitendra Suna tails Ghosh with 401 votes and the ABVP’s Manish Jangid at third with 272 votes.
The Left Unity’s Saket Moon also leads the race for Vice President with 1157 votes and the ABVP’s Shruti Agnihotri in second place with 330 votes.
The Left Unity’s Satish Chandra Yadav leads the race for General Secretary with 801 votes, with the post for Joint Secretary seeing the Left Unity’s Md. Danish lead with 1072 votes.
3 Left, 1 BAPSA Candidate Leading After 100 Ballots of SSS Counted
After the counting of 100 ballots of the School of Social Sciences' total of 1458, Aishe Ghosh, Saket Moon and Mohd Danish of the Left Unity are still leading in their respective seats. However, Satish, the Left candidate contesting for the post of General Secretary is trailing Waseem, the BAPSA candidate, by 7 votes.
Here are the leaders for each post:
- Aishe Ghosh (Left) : 42
- Saket Moon (Left): 74
- Waseem (BAPSA):46
- Md Danish (Left) : 63
N Sai Balaji on Delhi HC's Stay on Declaration of JNUSU Election Results
100 Ballots Counted, Left Gains Lead Across Other Schools As Well
After the counting of 100 ballots of School of International Studies, School of Management and Entrepreneurship and Centre for Disaster Research out of a total of 921, Left can be seen gaining a lead across the four central panel seats.
- Aishe Ghosh (Left): 46
- Saket (Left): 59
- Satish (Left): 44
- Md Danish(Left): 58
With 350 Ballots Counted, Left Increases Lead in Central Panel Seats
With 350 ballots counted out of a total of 1841 School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies votes, Left is leading in all four central panel seats. Aishe Ghosh is leading with 178 votes, Saket Moon is leading with 235 votes, Satish is leading with 178 votes, while Md Danish is leading with 232 votes.
150 Ballots Counted, Left Leads Race for Central Panel Posts
With 150 ballots counted out of a total of 1841 School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies votes, Left is still leading in all four central panel seats. Aishe Ghosh is leading with 78 votes, Saket Moon is leading with 106 votes, Satish is leading with 74 votes, while Md Danish is leading with 104 votes.
With 50 Ballots Counted, Left Candidates Lead Race for All Four Central Panel Seats
With 50 ballots counted out of a total of 1841 School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies votes, Aishe Ghosh (Left) is leading with 29 votes for the position of President while Left candidate Saket Moon is leading with 33 votes for the post of Vice President.
Meanwhile, Left’s Satish is leading with 26 votes for the post of General Secretary, while Md Danish, also of the Left, is leading in the race for the post of Joint Secretary with 37 votes.
JNUSU Polls: Counting Begins
The counting of votes for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) polls began on Saturday after an 11-hour delay due to a deadlock between the students and the administration, the varsity's Election Committee said.
The counting process began at 11:55 pm on Friday. However, it had to be put on hold due to a deadlock between the student community and the JNU's Grievance Redressal Cell (GRC) over the latter's demand that the counting agents give a written undertaking stating they would not disclose the results, he said.
"The EC tried its best to convince the GRC to change its stand based on the demands of the student community," Patel said, adding that the deadlock led to an 11-hour delay in the counting process.
When a consensus could not be reached even after so many hours, the EC decided to resume the counting of votes anyway with declaration of trends, the EC chairman said.
EC Confirms: 'Counting to Begin, Final Results to Be Withheld'
Shashank Patel, Chairperson of the JNU Election Committee, has stated, “The counting process which was started on 6th September at 11:55 p.m. had to be put on hold because there had been a deadlock situation between the student community. Because a consensus could not be arrived at after so many hours, Election Committee has decided to go ahead and resume the counting process with declaration of trends, but the final result will be withheld.”
Outgoing JNUSU President: Counting Is Starting, Last 3 Leads Will Not Be Announced
N Sai Balaji, outgoing JNUSU President tells The Quint, “Counting is set to begin, and the leads are going to be announced as well. However, the last three leads will not be announced.”
The decision to not announce the final three leads in the counting process appears to have been taken so as to abide by the Delhi High Court’s order to not notify the results of the JNU polls till 17 September.
Outgoing JNUSU Asks Students to Help Safeguard Ballot Boxes
The Left panel-run outgoing JNUSU has released a statement asking students to support the JNU EC in safeguarding the ballot boxes, “Over 9 hours has lapsed since the stipulated time of commencement of counting process. We appeal to students to assemble at 10 AM to support the Election Committee and secure the safety of our ballot boxes. We must not forget last year where with the support of the JNU admin, ABVP booth captured the counting hall for 17 hours by assaulting JNU EC and JNU Security. Let’s once again stand united like last time to secure our JNUSU and our mandate!”
HC Restrains JNU from Notifying Results of Students' Union Polls Till 17 Sept
The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Jawaharlal Nehru University from notifying the results of students’ union elections till 17 September.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva issued the notice and sought a response of JNU on pleas by two students alleging that their nominations for polls were illegally rejected for elections of councillor in JNUSU.
JNU was represented through central government standing counsel Monika Arora.
The petitioners claimed that the JNUSU election committee rejected the nomination without citing any reason.
The pleas sought direction to the varsity authorities to hold the elections as per the recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee.
The JNU election committee said it was yet to take a final decision on counting of votes following the high court order.
JNUSU Polls 2019: Students Accuse Dean of Interference
The JNUSU poll committee on Friday, 6 September, accused the Dean of Student Affairs of "interfering" in the electoral process by entering the polling venue when first phase of voting was underway, reported PTI.
"The Grievance Redressal Cell (GRC) chairman, who is also the Dean of Students Affairs, interfered in the election process by coming inside the polling venue. This is a clear violation of the Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations and also a High Court order," said Shashank Patel, chairperson of the election committee.
He, however, did not comment on the action by the poll panel on the violation.
JNUSU Polls 2019: Voting Underway, Counting to Start Later Tonight
With polling underway for the JNUSU polls on Friday, supporters of various political outfits were seen flocking outside voting centres and raising slogans.
While Left supporters were raising slogans of "Lal Salaam" with red colour smeared over their faces and daflis in their hands, chants of "Bharat of Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram" reverberated among members of ABVP, reported PTI.
"We are confident of retaining all four seats. People outside may say anything but those in JNU are wise enough to see through what is being fed to the country in name of development, " said Aishe Ghosh, who is contesting for the president’s post.
Ghosh, a member of Students' Federation of India (SFI), has been fielded by the Left unity, an alliance which comprises her outfit besides All India Students' Association (AISA), Democratic Students' Federation (DSF) and All India Students' Federation (AISF).
"All arrangements have been made by the election authorities for the polls which will see 8,700 students casting their votes through ballot papers," the CEC was quoted by PTI as saying.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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