ABVP, BJP's students’ affiliate, won the post of the president, vice-president and secretary while its arch-rival NSUI, the students’ union of the Congress, grabbed the post of the general secretary in the students’ union election held at the Garhwal Central University.
An independent won the post of the treasurer. The chief election officer Prof S S Rawat announced the result of the students’ union election.
ABVP candidate Girish Bhatt (SGRR, Dehradun) defeated his nearest rival laxman Butola by the margin of two votes for the post of president. Girish got 23 votes while laxman bagged 21 votes. ABVP’s Kajal Thapa (Dakpather) captured the post of the vice -president by defeating Hitesh Chauhan by the margin of six votes. Kajal got 24 votes while Hitesh secured 18 votes. NSUI'S Ahwin Kukreti (Kotdwar) defeated Kavendra Negi by the margin of four votes for the post of general secretary. Ashwin and Kavendra got 24 and 20 votes respectively. ABVP won the post of secretary as its candidate Bhagat Singh (Gopeshwar) defeated Rishav by 27 votes. Bhagat Singh got 32 votes while Rishav managed just five votes. Six voters opted for NOTA while one vote was rejected.
In the election for the post of the treasurer, an independent Pawan Rawat defeated his nearest rival by three votes. No candidate had filed nomination for the posts of the six executive committee members.