JNU elections are currently underway today on 10 September. Counting of votes for the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Delhi elections commenced early today morning. As of now, Left Unity is leading in three positions. Here are the latest updates, live from JNU campus:
6.35 pm: Trends after counting 3572 votes
President
Deelip Kumar (SFS) - 149
Jahnavi (ABVP) - 620
Mohit (AISA-SFI) - 1375
Rahul (BAPSA) - 1201
Vice-President
Amal PP (Left unity) - 1801
Banshidhar (BAPSA) - 570
Ravi Ranjan (ABVP) - 713
General Secretary
P Manikanta (BAPSA) - 661
Satarupa (Left unity) - 1699
Vijay Kumar (ABVP) - 881
Joint Secretary
A A Prajapati (BAPSA) - 449
Om Prakash (ABVP) - 588
Pratim Ghoshal (DSF) - 1034
Tabrez Hasan (Left Unity) - 1133
5.35 pm: Trends after counting 2481 votes
President
Jahnavi 425 ABVP
Mohit 1060 Left unity
Rahul 853 BAPSA
Vice-President
Amal PP 1350 Left unity
Banshidhar 406 BAPSA
Ravi Ranjan 485ABVP
General Secretary
P Manikanta 483 BAPSA
Satarupa 1285Left unity
Vijay Kumar 583 ABVP
Joint Secretary
A A Prajapati 315 BAPSA
Om Prakash 411 ABVP
Pratim Ghoshal 760 DSF
Tabrez 844 Left Unity
4.00 pm: Trends after counting 1750 votes
Jahnavi 278 ABVP
Mohit 764 Left unity
Rahul 526 BAPSA
Vice-President
Amal PP 940 Left unity
Banshidhar 235 BAPSA
Ravi Ranjan 317 ABVP
General Secretary
P Manikanta 284 BAPSA
Satarupa 918Left unity
Vijay Kumar 383 ABVP
Joint Secretary
A A Prajapati 174 BAPSA
Om Prakash 252 ABVP
Pratim Ghoshal 541 DSF
Tabrez 592 Left unity
3:18 am: Vote count trends at JNU
According to the latest update, None Of The Above (NOTA) has more votes than NSUI party. Left is leading.
2.10 pm: Election trends after 900 votes
President
Jahnavi (ABVP) 113
Mohit (Left Unity) 427
Rahul (BAPSA) 279
Vice-President at JNU
Amal PP (Left Unity) 525
Banshidhar (BAPSA) 113
Ravi Ranjan (ABVP) 128
Gen Secretary
P Manikanta (BAPSA) 152
Satarupa (Left Unity) 509
Vijay Kumar (ABVP) 162
Joint Secretary
A A Prajapati (BAPSA) 85
Om Prakash (ABVP) 99
Pratim Ghoshal (DSF) 310
Tabrez (Left Unity) 309
11:30 am: Trends after 150 votes counted
Left Unity panel is leading for President, VP, General Secretary polls.
For the post of Joint Secretary, Tabrez Ahmad is 10 votes behind Pratim from DSF, but is expected to take a lead soon.
School of Social Sciences - Left Unity Panel leading with significant margins on all five seats.
School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS) - Left Unity has won all five seats.
School of International Studies (SIS) - Left Unity won 4 out of 5. DSF won 1 post.
School of Arts and Aesthetics (SAA) - Mukesh from Left Unity has won a seat.
Science Schools - All non-ABVP candidates have won.
Sanskrit Centre - ABVP councillor has won a seat.
The JNU polls were held on from 9.30 am to 1 pm and from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm on 9 September.
The chief parties contesting the elections are:
1. The All India Students' Association (AISA) and the Students' Federation of India (SFI) - have joined hands under the banner of 'Left Unity.
2. The Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students' Association (BAPSA)
3. The Congress-backed National Students' Union of India (NSUI)
4. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of RSS
5. Students for Swaraj
Edited by Ipsita Sarkar
First published: 10 September 2016, 12:27 IST