The ‘Direct election’ procedure for the academic session 2018-19 came to an end on Tuesday. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) - the youth wing of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) emerged as the biggest Students’ Union to win posts in the direct poll of Ranchi University (RU). With overall 27 per cent voting, a slight increase in voters’ turnout at the college including Post-Graduate (PG) level election was witnessed this year.
The statistics of ‘Direct Election’ suggest that out of 80 seats, more than 35 seats have been bagged by ABVP. “After registering a historic win in 2016-17 students’ union poll yet again ABVP has registered its dominance in youth politics. Continuing its legacy at the State biggest varsity, ABVP has got more than 35 seats here. ABVP has won all the five seats at SS Memorial College, four seats at Doranda College, three seats at Ranchi Women’s College (RWC), four seats at Gumla College, one seat at Khunti College, three seats at Marwari College and so on,” said, ABVP State Convener, Atal Pandey during the vote counting.
“Also, the president seat of RU PG Students’ Union is captured by ABVP candidate – Neha Maiti, who defeated the candidate of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) by 19 votes. ABVP is followed by Adivasi Chhatra Sangh (ACS),” added the State Convener of ABVP.
The vote counting process will be followed by submission/intimation of complete list of the elected members to the office of Dean Students Welfare (DSW), RU today. As per the RU Officer (PR), Dr. PK Jha, the submission of compiled list of elected members will be accepted till 3 PM.
Further, as per the election schedule for ‘Indirect Election’, the process for publication of final electoral at the university level, date of filing the nominations, scrutiny, withdrawal of nominations, publication of list of final contestants including end of campaign will be completed between December 6 to December 11.
The university level election which will be carried out through ‘Indirect Method’ is scheduled on December 13 at Multipurpose Examination Hall (MPEH) followed by counting and oath taking ceremony.