A turnout of over 43 per cent was recorded today in the keenly contested Delhi University Student Union elections, which were dominated by issues like right to accommodation, women security and transport problems faced by the students.
Chief Election Officer D S Rawat said the voting went off peacefully, with 43.4 per cent of students casting their vote.
"The elections went off smoothly. Minor glitches were reported in the EVM machines at 4-5 polling centres in the morning but were rectified soon," he said.
"The university had deployed 26 observers who visited the 50 centres where polling took place in teams of two to check violations of code of conduct.
"DU administration had also installed CCTV cameras, besides hiring commercial videographers to record election activities to ensure free and fair polling," he added.
While 42 per cent polling was recorded in the morning leg of polls, the turnout in the evening phase was relatively low, Rawat said, adding that the counting of votes will be taken up tomorrow after which the results will be declared.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (North Delhi) Madhur Verma, the polling went off peacefully and no incident of violence was reported.
"A huge contingent of police was deployed at various polling centres of the university to ensure that no untoward incident takes place.
"The movement of vehicles was also restricted on Chatra Marg in North Campus to avoid any chaos or discomfort to students. The polling was peaceful," he said.
Over one lakh students were eligible to cast vote in the DUSU polls for the four crucial posts -- President, Vice President, Secretary and Joint Secretary.
Seven candidates each for the posts of President and Joint Secretary; six for the post of Vice President and eight nominees for the post of Secretary are in the poll fray.
