JNU elections: Left Unity alliance wins all four posts
JNU
The counting process, which began on Friday, was marred by allegations of rigging and had to be stopped for over 14 hours on Saturday.
The Left Unity alliance has been declared the winner of all four students' union posts - president, vice president, secretary and joint secretary - at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
The United Left Alliance — comprises left-leaning All India Students’ Association (AISA), Democratic Students Federation (DSF), Student Federation of India (SFI) and All India Students Federation (AISF).
The students affiliated to DYFI, AISA and SFI have begun celebrations at the campus.
Speaking of his loss, ABVP's Lalit Pandey, said that they are taking the results as a win.
"This is the win of our will. The Left had to form a coalition to defeat us. They had to come together to fight us," said Pandey.
Final results
There was high drama on Saturday as counting was suspended for close to 14 hours after the ABVP staged protests claiming it was not informed about the start of the counting process.
The counting, which was suspended at 4 am, resumed at 6.30 pm after two teachers from the Grievance Redressal Cell were appointed as observers for the exercise, officials said.
The voter turnout in the keenly contested JNUSU election on Friday was 67.8 per cent, believed to be the highest in six years. Over 5,000 students cast their votes.