The left alliance swept the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) polls on Sunday. Soon after the announcement of the election results supporters of the victorious United left alliance celebrated the win by taking out a procession in the varsity campus.The procession began from the School of International Studies to the famous Ganga Dhaba.
However, despite the left sweep, rivals like the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA) claimed to have made inroads into the vote share. Congress-affiliated National Students Union of India (NSUI) put up a poor show with its presidential candidate Vrishnika Singh getting just 82 votes. A total of 127 NOTA votes were polled for the president’s post.
The ABVP managed to come second in all four central panel posts, namely president, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary, building on last year's two runner-up positions.
The party also consolidated its stronghold of the School of Sciences, from where its presidential candidate Nidhi Tripathi secured more votes than any other candidate.
Saket Bahuguna, the ABVP's national media convener, said that despite the victory of the left alliance (AISA, SFI, DSF) in all four seats, the ABVP is now the single largest student organisation in JNU.
"Now, with more than 4,000 votes together on four central panel posts, the ABVP is the single largest student organisation in JNU. We also won 10 councillor seats, which is the highest for a single organisation. The ABVP swept almost all seats in the Science schools."