All the preparations for polling of students’ union election in SGRR (PG) College, slated on Saturday, have been completed. A total of 13 candidates are in the fray for various posts, including president, vice president, general secretary, university representative and treasurer and as many as 3,013 students have been listed in the voters’ list, said the college election officer Pradeep Singh on Friday. The polling will begin from 8 am and will continue till 1 pm. The counting of votes will begin from 2 pm and results are expected to be declared by 5 pm on Saturday, he added.
College was abuzz with students on Friday and a day before the polling, candidates and their supporters were witnessed meeting the voters, appealing to them to vote in their favour and promising them all possible help throughout the academic year.
Singh said that two candidates Sunami Rautela and Rohit Thakur who filed nomination for the post of joint secretary and under graduate representative (agriculture) are declared winner unopposed.
The polling in the college will be held on five posts, including president, vice
president, general secretary, university representative
and treasurer.
The election officer said that the election areas have been divided into four zones. Two polling booths have been arranged in each zone. Voters have been asked to carry admit cards and only those with admit cards will be allowed to cast votes. All the possible steps have been taken to complete students’ union election peacefully in the college, he added.
Keen contest is expected on two posts — president and general secretary — in the students’ union election.
The election officer informed that three candidates — Harshit Uniyal, Naval Kishore Negi and Nitin Kumar Chandila — are in the fray for the post of president while two candidates — Kashish Bhadoria and Mohammad Bilal- are contesting election for the post of general secretary.
Three candidates —Abhilash Bhandari, Ajay Bhatt and Jeet Bahadur Chettri — are in the fray for the post of university representative. Two candidates — Ashish Panwar and Shamli Khatri — are contesting election for the post of
treasurer, he added.