In all, 16 candidates are contesting the election for various posts of the students’ union election in SGRR (PG) College. Two candidates — Subham Rawat and Pramod — are in the fray for the post of the president. Some students could not, however, have filed nomination as they could not have secured the pass marks in their semester examinations.
No candidate has filed nomination for the posts of the representatives of under-graduate (arts/commerce) and under-graduate (science). Two candidates — Nishant Parveen and Prabhjot Singh lamba — filed nomination for the post of the vice-president while Ashish Bhatt and Ajay Negi are in the contest for the post of general secretary.
Three candidates — Teresa Sinha, Amit Thapliyal and Damajeet Singh Bhatiya — are in the fray for the post of the treasurer. Siddharth Thakur and Karn Singh are contesting for the post of university representative.
A single candidate Diksha Giri filed nomination for the post of the post-graduate representative. Two candidates — Divya Kumari and Kuskan Pandey — filed nomination on the post of the under-graduate representative (girls).
Pradeep Singh, the chief election officer of the college, said on Friday that 39 nomination papers have been sold while 16 candidates have filed nomination on Friday.
The final list of candidates would be declared on August 19. The election campaign would end on August 21 and the polling would be held on August 23, Singh added.
On Friday, the college was abuzz with activities with the candidates and their supporters being witnessed approaching the voters. By way of security, barricades have been installed at some places in the campus as police have been deployed. Around 1,100 voters are expected to vote on the polling day, Singh added.