In a keen contest, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidate Naval Kishore Negi won the election for the post of president, defeating NSUI candidate Nitin by 21 votes while NSUI female candidate Suchitra Rawat bagged general secretary’s post in the SGRR (PG) College Students’ Union election held at its campus on Saturday. Ajay Bhatt, the independent candidate, won the election for the post of university representative, defeating Abhilash Bhandari by 23 votes.
The polling began at 8 am and continued till 1 pm. The counting of votes began at 2 pm and results were declared by 5 pm. The administration had made elaborate security arrangements to keep peace during and after the polling.
Naval Kishore Negi secured 461 votes followed by NSUI candidate Nitin who got 440 votes while Aryan Group candidate Harshit Uniyal stood third by securing 338 votes.
NSUI candidate Suchitra Rawat was elected general secretary. She secured 606 votes while Anurag Kotiyal got 520 votes. Nitish Khatwal stood third, securing 115 votes. Kashish Bhadoria won the election of vice-president by securing 786 votes followed by Mohammad Bilal with 451 votes. Ashish Panwar won the election of treasurer by securing 664 votes and Shamli Khatri stood second with 568 votes. Ajay Bhatt won the election for the post of university representative by securing 492 votes followed by Abhilash Bhandari with 469 votes while JB Chetri stood third by securing 269 votes.
The college election officer Pradeep Singh said that two candidates Sunami Rautela and Rohit Thakur who had filed nominations for the posts of joint secretary and undergraduate representative (agriculture) are declared winners unopposed for the respective posts. He expressed satisfaction over peaceful conduct of the students’ union election in the college.
Victory rally was not allowed by the college administration in the college campus.The triumphant candidates led the rally that went outside the college campus. The jubilant students were found dancing on drum beats.
It should be mentioned here that a total of 13 candidates were in the fray for various posts — president, vice-president, general secretary, joint secretary, university representative and treasurer of students’ union election in the college. As many as 3013 students were listed as voters and around 41.58 per cent voters cast vote in the election.