IndiaPosted at: Sep 19 2026 6:06PM


ABVP wins three of four DUSU posts, independent candidate takes VP seat

New Delhi, Sept 19 (UNI) The RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won three of the four central posts in the Delhi University Students’ union (DUSU) elections on Saturday, with Yash Dabas defeating NSUI’s Vijay Shankar Meena to win the president’s post.
ABVP candidates also secured the secretary and joint secretary posts, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen won the vice-president’s post.The results were declared after 20 rounds of counting at the Multipurpose Hall of the University Sports Stadium in North Campus.
Dabas polled 24,576 votes against Meena’s 22,523, winning the presidential contest by a margin of 2,053 votes.
Riya Chhawdi won the secretary’s post with 21,650 votes, defeating NSUI’s Namrata Chaudhary, who secured 14,869 votes.
Dabas polled 24,576 votes against Meena’s 22,523, winning the presidential contest by 2,053 votes. Riya Chhawdi secured the secretary’s post with 21,650 votes, defeating NSUI’s Namrata Chaudhary, who received 14,869 votes.
The joint secretary contest was closer, with ABVP’s Lakshya Raj Singh winning with 16,615 votes. Independent candidate Vishesh Yadav polled 15,778 votes, while NSUI’s Gopal Choudhary finished with 15,206 votes.
The vice-president’s election was the only exception to the ABVP’s sweep of the other three posts. Shokeen secured the vice-president’s post with 30,615 votes, defeating ABVP’s Ishu Maurya, who received 16,910 votes. NSUI’s Vir Chatrath finished third with 4,313 votes.
The results left the Congress-affiliated National Students’ union of India (NSUI) without any of the four central panel posts.
Polling was held across 52 centres on Friday, with voter turnout recorded at 40.46 per cent—the highest in three years. Last year, turnout stood at 39.5 per cent.
After his victory, Dabas said his immediate priority would be conducting safety audits of colleges, hostels and paying guest accommodations. Referring to the Satya Niketan building collapse, he said the ABVP did not want similar incidents to recur and would seek safety audits of student accommodations and college premises.
Dabas also described the result as a victory for the ABVP, saying the organisation had retained its previous 3-1 tally. He added that the ABVP would seek to win all four central posts in the next election.
Lakshya Raj Singh also linked the campaign to the Satya Niketan incident, saying the ABVP has raised the issue and staged a protest outside the MCD office. He said student safety is among the key issues taken up by the organisation during the campaign.
The results were announced amid restrictions on victory celebrations. Officials directed winning candidates and their supporters not to take out victory rallies on or outside the university campus, in compliance with Delhi High Court directions.
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