Maintaining the success story of the past, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) trounced NSUI in students' union polls at DAV PG College where counting of votes took place on Friday. ABVP candidate emerged victorious for the post of president. Aryan Group candidate sprung a surprise among the students by holding the post of general secretary.
The counting of votes started with a delay of an hour. The counting went on peacefully as the police making elaborate arrangements to prevent disorder in the college campus and neighbouring localities. ABVP candidate Siddharth Rana won the election to presidential post defeating NSUI candidate BS Negi by 1,099 votes, while an independent candidate Swati Negi stood third. Rana secured 3,246 votes followed by BS Negi with 2,147 votes and Swati Negi with 1,276 votes.
Aryan Group candidate Joginder Singh was elected to the post of general secretary by securing 2,596 votes. He defeated Govind Singh by 134 votes. Govind Singh bagged 2,462 while Yudhveer Singh who stood third position secured 1,954 votes. Monika became vice president by securing 2,234 votes and she defeated Deepak Rawat by 229 votes. Pushpendra received 1,636 votes while Simran bagged only 54 votes.
Independent candidate Alisha Thomas was elected to the post of joint secretary defeating Ravindra Rana 1,377 votes. She secured 3,453 votes while Ravindra Rana bagged 2,076 and Mukul Bisht got 1,134 votes. Abhishekh Kshetri won the election for the post of faculty representative (art) defeating Kapil Dev. Kshetri secured 1,004 votes while Kapil Dev received 535 votes. Sunil Singh was elected faculty representative (science) secured 545 votes while Gaurav Ghildiyal bagged 393 votes while Kapil Prakash Verma bagged 302 votes.
Aman Garg grabbed the post of treasure. He defeated Akansha by a thin margin 276 votes. Garg secured 2,336 votes while Akansha secured 2,060. Saurabh Thapa stood third by getting 1,478 votes. Prabhakar emerged victorious for the post of University representative. He beat Pritam Kumar by a margin of 391 votes. Prabhakar won for the post of university representative. He bagged 2,381 votes, while Pritam Kumar bagged 1,990 votes and Aarushi received 1,703 votes. The police took unprecedented security measures during counting of votes in the college campus. SSP Kewal Khurana visited the campus twice in order to take stock of the counting of votes and enquired about the current situation. The election officer Dr Gopal Kshetri declared the name of candidates at around 5.30 pm.