Low turnout at DUSU Elections
The usual fervour associated with Delhi University (DU) was missing in both north and south campuses as the students of 51 colleges voted to elect their representatives on Friday. A total of 11 candidates are contesting for the post of Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) president in the election, while 30 other candidates are vying for the three posts of vice president, secretary and joint secretary.
The over all voter turn out this year was 35 per cent as compared to 42 per cent last year.
A low turnout was seen at colleges where traditionally the turnout used to be healthy. On the North Campus, Kirori Mal College recorded around 35% turnout as 1210 votes were polled out of 3,500. In the colleges not on the campus like Satyawati, only 42% votes were polled when 786 of the total of 1,810 students turned up for the polls. Meanwhile, Hansraj and Rajdhani recorded 25% and 26% voter turnout respectively. But Shri Ram College of Commerce ( SRCC) managed a better turnout with 50% votes polled.
Though the entire election process remained peaceful, DU authorities did receive complaints of use of printed material on the day of polling. All kind of printed material, included pamphlets, posters and stickers have been banned for campaigning. Also, some Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Shyam Lal College and Vivekanand College were reported to have malfunctioned. “All these machines were replaced within 10 to 15 minutes,” According to chief electoral officer and DU proctor, Gurmeet Singh.
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