BJP's student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Saturday swept MKP (PG) College students' union elections. ABVP candidate Pragati Rawat was elected president while Megha Jatt of the same saffron outfit was elected general secretary.
The college chief election officer Jyotsana Sharma said that Pragati Rawat had secured 335 votes, defeating Naina Maurya who had secured 183 votes. Moni Kumari, another candidate for the post, secured just 22 votes.
ABVP candidate Megha Jatt won the election for the post of general secretary, defeating Dolly Barthwal by 124 votes. Megha bagged 330 votes while Dolly got 206 votes.
Gulafsh Naaz won the election for the post of vice-president by securing 319 votes, defeating Rachana Rauthan by 103 votes. Rachana bagged 216 votes. Sushmita Bhandari won the election for the post of university representative by defeating Rinika Negi by101 votes. Sushmita bagged 318 votes while Rinika secured 217 votes.
Jubilant over the clean sweep, ABVP activists were seen dancing and embracing one another after the result was announced.
Around 22 per cent of total 2,534 voters turned up to cast votes in the students’ union election in MKP (PG) College on Saturday.
The election was held for seven posts. With the deployment of adequate police forces, the election in MKP (PG) College was held peacefully.
The polling began at 10 am with slow pace amid tight security, but things picked up with time as students started reaching the college.
Around 11.30 am, a large number of students were seen standing in queue outside polling room. Some voters sounded excited while exercising their votes for the first time.
Candidates and their supporters were seen encamping outside the campus and pleading the voters to cast votes for them.
The college election officer Jyotsana Sharma expressed satisfaction with peaceful conduct of students’ union election in the college.
According to her, polling began at 10 am and ended at 2 pm. The counting of votes began from 3 pm and ended around 5 pm. There were 17 candidates in the fray, including three for the post of president, two for vice-president, two for general secretary and six for executive members.
Two candidates- Preeti and Vaishali Yadav who had contested election for the posts of joint secretary and treasurer respectively were declared elected unopposed.
Executive members Nasreen Jahen Ansari, Simran Tyagi, Meenakshi, Sonam Arora, Hema and Naina Chandna were also declared elected unopposed.
A total of 553 of 2,534 voters had voted in this election, Sharma added.