Students’ Union polls held in several colleges in Baleswar, Jagatsinghpur and Koraptu districts passed off peacefully, barring some stray incidents.
In the KKS Women’s College at Baleswar, BCJD candidate Rajashree Nayak was elected as president.
In the FM Autonomous College major posts went in favour of the BCJD. While Suman Sai Mohapatra and Rashmiranjan Pradhan elected as president and vice-president, respectively, Sangram Jena won the general secretary post.
In the SVM Autonomous College at Jagatsinghpur, BCJD candidate Atis Kumar Swain was elected as president.
Similarly, Pranab Ranjan Prusty and Anibeg Barala were elected as presidents in the Alaka College and Rahama College, respectively.
ABVP candidate Banamali Sethy elected as president in the Adikabi Sarala Das College at Tirtol.
Congress-backed Pradip Biswal was elected as president in the Paradip College. Interestingly, BJD had failed in fielding candidates in this college.
However, Independent candidates won in most of colleges in Koraput district. Narahari Harijan and Ankita Pradhan were elected as presidents in the VD College and Government Women’s College at Jeypore, respectively.
Election in the Jeypore law College was cancelled as no candidate had filed nomination.