New Delhi : The Left alliance has once again dominated the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union elections 2024-25 . In the student union election held on 25th April, AISA-DSF alliance won a total of 3 major seats including the President, Vice President and General Secy while the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won 1 seat of Joint Secy. This election has also indicates a significant change in JNU student politics as ABVP claims that it has won 23 out of 44 counselor seats in various schools and special centers of the University .
As per media reports AISA-DSF candidate Nitish Kumar won the post of President, he got 1702 votes, while his rival Shikha (ABVP) got 1430 votes. At the same time, DSF’s Manisha was elected Vice President and Munteha Fatima was elected General Secretary.
The media report says that ABVP’s Vaibhav Meena won the post of Joint Secretary, he got 1518 votes. Voting for the JNU Students Union elections was held on Friday (25 April), in which a total of 70 percent voting took place, which shows the large participation of students in the election process.
This election highlighted the historic success of ABVP in breaking the stronghold of the left in the field of education. After 25 years, ABVP won 2 seats in the School of Social Science, which is being considered a big achievement for the student council. ABVP leaders say that this victory is the most important in electoral history compared to any other student organization.
ABVP has also performed well in various schools and centers of JNU. ABVP won 2 out of 5 counselor seats in the School of International Studies, which indicates the growing strength of the organization. However, the victory of the Left alliance also proved that the hold of leftist ideology is still strong in JNU. This election has pointed to new equations in student politics, which can be even more interesting in future.