Delhi University Students Union(DUSU) Election 2023 Returns After 4 Years; File Nomination by This Date

Delhi University Student’s Union(DUSU) Election 2023 returns after 4 years. Check DU election nomination dates, other details here.

Delhi University Student’s Union(DUSU) Election 2023: After a hiatus of four years, the Delhi University(DU) will conduct the much awaited student’s union elections on September 22, 2023. Speaking of the schedule, the last date to submit nomination papers along with the demand draft of Rs 500 and affidavit for DUSU elections 2023 is September 12, 2023. One can download the nomination papers by visiting the official website of the University, du.ac.in. Elections to the students’ body were last held in 2019. Students’ union elections could not be held in 2020 and 2021 because of deadly pandemic — Covid-19 and disruptions to the academic calendar prevented the elections in 2022. Students’ groups have made several representations to varsity officials to demand the resumption of the election exercise as many elected representatives have left the university after completing their studies.

Delhi University Student’s Union(DUSU) Election 2023: Check Nomination Dates Here

Delhi University Student’s Union(DUSU) Election 2023

As per the official notification released on Thursday(dated August 1), the university said Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh, in his capacity as Patron of Delhi University Students Union, has appointed Prof Chander Shekhar, Department of Persian as chief election officer; Rupam Kapoor of Dept of Botany as chief returning officer; Anupam Jha, Faculty of Law as Return officer and Anupam Jha, Faculty of Law and Prof Rina Chakranarty, Deptt. of Zoology as additional members. The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) is the main representative body of students from most colleges and faculties. This apart, each college has its own students’ union, elections to which are held annually.

Delhi University Student’s Union(DUSU) Election 2023(PDF) – Direct Link

DUSU Election 2023: How to File Nomination?

The prescribed nomination papers for the Office Bearers of DUSU are to put in the sealed box kept in the Office of the Chief Election Officers. DUSU Elections 2023-24 at the concerned address from 10: AM to 5:00 PM on any working day. DUSU elections are held through direct voting by students of the varsity and member colleges. They are usually conducted in August-September. The elections to the varsity’s students’ body are organised simultaneously with polls at the college level. Nearly 2,500 students contest the elections for the nearly 500 posts.

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)-backed candidates Dahiya was elected president, Pradeep Tanwar vice-president and Shinvangi Kharwal joint secretary of the students’ union in the 2019 elections. “The Delhi University Administration has announced the dates for the Delhi University Students’ Union elections. ABVP Delhi welcomes this much-awaited decision on behalf of the entire student community and sends best wishes to the entire student community,” ABVP said in a statement, news agency ANI reported. The National Students’ Union of India’s (NSUI) Ashish Lamba was elected secretary.

In a statement, left-affiliated AISA said that this election is set to be a historic election for it has been 4 years since the last one. “In 2023, AISA will fight the election with all rigour and fight to save Delhi University from the attack of privatisation and commercialisation of education,” the statement read, ANI reported. “AISA appeals to the student community of Delhi University to vote for a DUSU built on student movement! Reject ABVP’s politics of money, muscle and hate,” it further added.

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