Over 44 per cent students today exercised their franchise in the morning leg of Delhi University Student Union (DUSU) elections which were dominated this year by issues such as rollback of CBCS, right to accommodation, women security and transport problems faced by the varsity students.
The Chief Election Officer for DUSU elections, D S Rawat, said the voting went off peacefully with 44 per cent of students casting their vote in the morning leg of polls.
"The elections in the morning from 8.30 AM to 12.30 PM went off smoothly. The maximum turnout of 91 per cent was recorded at the Ayurvedic and Unani Tibbia College in and the minimum was in Shahid Bhagat Singh evening college and Department of Buddhist Studies at 21 per cent," he said.
"Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) reported the highest turnout of 70 per cent at a campus college while the minimum was at Khalsa college at 27 per cent," he added.
No technical glitches in the EVMs were reported during the first phase. The voting percentage for evening college students, which took place from 3 PM to 7 PM in the second leg, will be declared later in the night.
The counting of votes will be taken up tomorrow after which the results will be declared.
"The university had deployed 23 observers who visited the 50 centres where the 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," Rawat said.
