Amid demand of recounting of votes by the defeated candidates, the chief election officer of MKP (PG) College Dr Urmila Khanduri declared Deepali Thakur as the winner of the presidential post of students’ union in the college on Saturday.
Deepali Thakur who is reported to be member of Congress-affiliated NSUI won by securing 290 votes, defeating Nikita Mittal who secured 214 votes. Sarita Rawat won the election of general secretary by securing 278 votes, defeating Puja Mishra who secured 256 votes. Neelam won the election for the post of vice- president by securing 323 votes while Madhuri stood the runner- up with 218 votes.
Urveshi Chauhan won the election for the post of joint secretary while Preeti Saini was the runner- up. Chauhan secured 339 votes while 204 votes by Saini. Sukhvindar Kaur won the election for the post of university representative by 340 votes. Vaishali Yadav who was the runner- up got 208 votes. Anushri Pokhriyal won the election for the post of treasurer by securing 316 votes while Bhawana Rai who was runner up got 225 votes.
After counting was over by 6 pm, the candidates who lost raised slogans against the college administration while demanding recounting of votes. However, the chief election officer Khanduri said that all possible steps were taken to maintain transparency while counting of votes.