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Voting underway for the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) elections connected Tuesday (November 4, 2025), arsenic students formed their ballots to elite a caller cardinal sheet and councillors for schools connected the campus.
Polling began astatine 9 a.m. and volition proceed till 5.30 p.m., with a interruption from 1 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.
Counting volition statesman astatine 9 p.m., and the last results volition beryllium declared connected November 6, according to the predetermination committee.
Twenty candidates are successful the fray for the 4 cardinal posts successful the cardinal sheet — president, vice-president, wide secretary, and associated secretary.
The elections, often seen arsenic a microcosm of nationalist ideological currents, person erstwhile again turned the spotlight connected the contention betwixt the Left Unity and the RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
The Left Unity, comprising the All India Students' Association (AISA), Students' Federation of India (SFI) and Democratic Students' Federation (DSF), has fielded Aditi Mishra for president, Kizhakoot Gopika Babu for vice-president, Sunil Yadav for wide secretary, and Danish Ali for associated secretary.
The ABVP's sheet features Vikas Patel, Tanya Kumari, Rajeshwar Kant Dubey, and Anuj, successful the aforesaid order.
The radical has campaigned connected the taxable of 'performance and nationalism,' portion the Left bloc has emphasised inclusion, accessibility, and pupil welfare.
Around 9,043 students are eligible to ballot this year, the predetermination committee said.
About 30% of the nominations for the cardinal sheet and 25% for schoolhouse councillor posts are from women candidates.
Last year, AISA's Nitish Kumar won the president's post, portion ABVP's Vaibhav Meena secured the associated caput presumption — ending a decade-long drought for the right-wing radical and marking a "historic shift" successful JNU's field politics.
In the morning, agelong queues formed extracurricular booths with students enthusiastically casting their votes.
