#DUSUELECTIONS: RESULTS OUT TODAY

The result of the annual Delhi University Students’ Union election, held yesterday, will be announced today. Here’s reporting from the field

Aditya Dogra

The Delhi University (DU) went to vote yesterday, and the result of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) will be announced today. While everyone is waiting for the result (the DUSU election is considered as a mood-gauger of who the youth support at the national level), here’s how it was on field.

For starters, it was a triangular fight as RSS-backed ABVP, Congress-backed NSUI, and alliance of AISA with AAP-backed CYSS went to polls. There were some independent candidates, too.

However, the high-octane atmosphere of the past years was missing.

The number of cases of hooliganism was much smaller this time. We closed the inner areas of the varsity so that the voters could cast their vote fearlessly, without being intimidated. There was rapid vehicle checking. The voting process went smoothly. NUPUR PRASAD DCP

When I went to vote I was governed by the thought that you cannot threaten or bribe people to vote for you, and that is why my friends and I voted for who we did... There is a lot of casteism and groupism during DU elections but one has to choose what is right.

BIPIN CHOUDHARY LAW

STUDENT

I voted for NSUI for one post and ABVP for the other post. I did that because I wanted to strike a balance... I don’t want just one party in power or making the DUSU panel. Also, it’s not so much about a party as it is about the right candidate for me.

MOHDAKBAR LAW

STUDENT

The campaigners trying to swing some lastminute votes Voters waiting for their turn outside the Law Faculty, North Campus After the DUSU elections, the campus was littered with pamphlets and waste

PHOTOS: SHIVAM SAXENA/HT These students realised that voting is their right and duty. Here they pose outside Ramjas college after casting their vote

Till the last minute the campaigners kept asking students to vote for their candidates