{"id":2055,"date":"2026-09-19T08:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2026\/09\/19\/nsui-leads-dusu-presidential-race-independent-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T08:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T08:30:41","slug":"nsui-leads-dusu-presidential-race-independent-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2026\/09\/19\/nsui-leads-dusu-presidential-race-independent-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"NSUI leads DUSU presidential race as independent candidate tops vice\u2011president count"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9fece8afa224fd09e54b043d0febfb58\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NR ATF -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8898941184964366\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4839033563\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Delhi, September 19 \u2013 The third round of vote counting for the Delhi University Students&#8217; Union (DUSU) elections revealed a split outcome across the four central offices. National Students&#8217; Union of India (NSUI) candidate Vijay Meena retained the lead for the presidency, while independent contender Deepanshu Shokeen surged ahead in the vice\u2011president contest. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) maintained an advantage in the secretary race, and an independent candidate also headed the joint\u2011secretary tally.<\/p>\n<h2>Presidential race remains in NSUI\u2019s favour<\/h2>\n<p>At the close of the third counting round, Vijay Meena of NSUI held a cumulative total of 3,571 votes, putting him 441 votes ahead of his nearest rival, ABVP\u2019s Yash Dabas, who has amassed 3,130 votes. Left\u2011aligned candidate Ananya Raturi trails further behind with 653 votes. In the latest round alone, Meena secured 859 votes compared with Dabas\u2019s 682, reinforcing his position at the top of the presidential leaderboard.<\/p>\n<h2>Independent candidate leads vice\u2011president, ABVP wins secretary<\/h2>\n<p>Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen recorded a decisive surge in the third round, adding 1,008 votes to bring his cumulative total to 4,264 \u2013 the highest count among all contenders for vice\u2011president. ABVP\u2019s Ishu Maurya occupies second place with 2,389 votes, while NSUI\u2019s Veer Chatrath stands third with 664 votes. Left\u2011backed candidate Akshat Shikhar trails with 282 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In the secretary contest, ABVP\u2019s Riya Chhawdi emerged as the front\u2011runner, reaching 2,805 votes after receiving 659 in the third round. Her closest challenger, NSUI\u2019s Namrata Chaudhary, is positioned at 2,332 votes, and Left nominee Stanzin Deskyong holds 1,225 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The joint\u2011secretary race remains tightly contested. Independent Vishesh Yadav leads with a cumulative 2,598 votes, having added 553 in the latest count. ABVP\u2019s Lakshya Raj Singh follows with 2,199 votes, while NSUI\u2019s Gopal Choudhary is third at 1,958 votes after a round\u2011high 558 votes in the third round. Left candidate B\u202fParijat trails with 811 votes.<\/p>\n<h2>Election logistics, turnout and candidate field<\/h2>\n<p>Vote counting for the DUSU 2026 elections began on Saturday at the Multipurpose Hall of the University Sports Stadium on Delhi University\u2019s North Campus. Results for the four central posts \u2013 president, vice\u2011president, secretary and joint\u2011secretary \u2013 are expected to be announced later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Polling concluded on Friday after two phases of voting across 52 university polling centres. The first phase ran from 8:30\u202fa.m. to 1:00\u202fp.m., and a second evening phase for students with later schedules was held from 3:00\u202fp.m. to 7:30\u202fp.m.<\/p>\n<p>Turnout reached 40.46\u202fpercent, the highest level recorded in the last three years. By comparison, the previous year\u2019s participation stood at 39.5\u202fpercent.<\/p>\n<p>For the election, 1,000 electronic voting machines (EVMs) were prepared; 960 were deployed for actual voting while 40 were kept in reserve. A total of 20 candidates representing major student organisations \u2013 including ABVP, NSUI and a coalition of the All India Students\u2019 Association (AISA) and the Students\u2019 Federation of India (SFI) \u2013 contested the four central positions.<\/p>\n<p>The provisional candidate list indicated seven aspirants for president, five for vice\u2011president, and four each for secretary and joint\u2011secretary. The primary contest remains between ABVP and NSUI. ABVP fielded Yash Dabas for president and Ishu Maurya for vice\u2011president, while NSUI nominated Vijay Shankar Meena for president and Veer Chatrath for vice\u2011president.<\/p>\n<p>As the counting progresses, the split outcomes suggest a fragmented student electorate, with NSUI and ABVP each securing leadership in different offices and independents making significant inroads, particularly in the vice\u2011president and joint\u2011secretary posts. 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