JNUSU Election Results 2025: Counting is underway at the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus as the JNUSU Election 2025, has reached a nail-biting phase. The final results are expected to be announced later in the day on November 6. One of the most keenly watched events in the country's student politics, this election saw a voter turnout of 67% this time, against 70% recorded in the previous polls.
The JNU Election Committee had said that 9,043 students were eligible to vote in this year’s election. Counting started late Tuesday night and has continued into Thursday amidst high anticipation on campus.
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Left Edge in Key Posts:
Aditi Mishra from Left Unity leads the presidential race with 1,375 votes, followed by Vikas Patel (ABVP) with 1,192. For the vice president post, K. Gopika Babu (Left) is ahead with 2,146 votes, while Tanya Kumari (ABVP) trails with 1,437.
ABVP Strikes Back:
In the general secretary race, ABVP’s Rajeshwar Kant Dubey leads with 1,496 votes, just above Sunil Yadav (Left) with 1,367. Similarly, ABVP’s Anuj Damara is narrowly ahead in the joint secretary category with 1,494 votes, followed closely by Danish Ali (Left) with 1,447.
Left Unity's Aditi Mishra Leads in Presidential Race
According to representatives from the All India Students' Association who were at the counting booths, Left Unity's Aditi Mishra has continued to keep the lead in the presidential race with 4,340 votes counted so far. Mishra has so far received 1,375 votes, followed by ABVP's Vikas Patel with 1,192 and Progressive Students' Association's Shinde Vijayalakshmi with 915, as per the PTI report.
The president’s post is being contested by seven candidates, including NSUI’s Vikash Bishnoi, BAPSA’s Raj Ratan Rajoria, DISHA’s Shirshava Indu and independent candidate Angad Singh.
Gopika Babu Ahead for Vice-President Post
In the vice-president contest, Left Unity candidate K. Gopika Babu was leading with 2,146 votes, while ABVP’s Tanya Kumari followed with 1,437. NSUI’s Shaikh Shahnawaz Alam was also a contender for the post.
Neck-and-Neck Battle for Secretary Posts
The contests for general secretary and joint secretary are also extremely close. For the general secretary, ABVP’s Rajeshwar Kant Dubey has managed to get ahead with 1,496 votes, just ahead of Left Unity's Sunil Yadav who is at 1,367.
The joint secretary race also sees a similar trend, with ABVP's Anuj Damara leading for now with 1,494 votes, Left's Danish Ali second with 1,447 votes.
Left Unity vs ABVP
This year's election once again highlights the recurring ideological rivalry between Left Unity, an alliance of the All India Students' Association, Students' Federation of India and Democratic Students' Federation and the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. With the counting nearing its final stretch, all eyes are on whether the Left alliance will retain its dominance on the JNU campus or ABVP will script an upset in the 2025 edition of the university's most-awaited student polls.
