PU polls live! PUSU wins campus; college results out too

Counting of votes to elect the president of the Panjab University Campus Students’ Council (PUCSC) has begun.

After the counting of all 9,000-odd votes for the president’ s post, Panjab University Students Union (PUSU) won the top spot in the PU campus students council. Nishant Kaushal became the new president. PUSU and its partners were at one time trailing Students For Society (SFS) by over 180 votes, but SFS finished third eventually.

Nishant Kaushal became the new president. (HT File Photo)

Students Organisation of India (SOI) was second (Piyush Anand), while National Students Union of India (NSUI) fourth. Counting had begun at 2.30pm and concluded at 9 pm.

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Inside the counting centre. (Photo: PU on Twitter)

The counting was held at the university’s gymnasium hall and is expected to conclude around 9 pm.

The fate of 25 candidates contesting for the posts of president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary for PUCSC was decided. names of other winners were to be out soon, at the time of update of this report at 9.05pm

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The contest was considered among three main alliances led by National Students Union of India (NSUI), Students Organisation of India (SOI) and Panjab University Students Union (PUSU). Students For Society (SFS) was fighting for the president’s post only.

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Meanwhile, college union results are out too:

DAV College, Sector 10

President: Mohit (INSO)

Vice-president: Amandeep Kaur (INSO)

PGGC, Sector 11

President: Gurmeet Kaur (PUSU)

Vice-president: Kanishka Khanna (SOI)

PGGC for Girls, Sector 11

President: Goldie Negi (Independent)

Vice-president: Ridhi Sharma (Independent)

MCM DAV College, Sector 36

President: Harmanpreet Kaur (Independent)

Vice-president: Arpana Gill (Independent)

SGGSC for Women, Sector 26

President: Swati Bhalla (Independent)

Vice-president: Pratibha (Independent)

SGGSC, Sector 26

President: Satnam Singh (KGSU+GGSU+SOPU)

Vice-president: Kanika Arora (SDCU+SDHU+SOPU+PUSU+HPSU)

GGDSD College, Sector 32

President: Iqbalpreet Singh (SOI)

Vice-president: Manpreet Kaur (SOI)

Government College, Sector 46

President: Akshay Dhiman (SOPU)

Vice-president: Avinash Lal

Dev Samaj College, Sector 45

President: Yashika Goyal (Ind)

Vice-president: Jainam Khatun (Ind), Sakshi Nayak (Independent)

PGGCG, Sector 42

President: Paramjeet Kaur (Ind)

Vice-president: Aditi Mehra (Ind)

Winners at SGGS College, Sector 26. (Keshav Singh/HT Photo)

Supporters of KCSU, GGSU and SOPU during a rally after winning the student election at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, on Wednesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Supporters of KCSU, GGSU and SOPU during a rally after winning the student election at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, on Wednesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Supporters of KCSU, GGSU and SOPU during a rally after winning the student election at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, on Wednesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

The new president, Satnam Singh, with supporters of KCSU, GGSU and SOPU during a rally after winning the student election at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, on Wednesday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

Kanika Arora with supporters after winning student elections at Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector 26, in Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Keshav Singh/HT Photo)