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JNU Polls 2025-26: The Election Committee of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has released the last database of candidates for the much-anticipated Students’ Union elections for the world twelvemonth 2025-26. A full of 20 candidates, including six women, volition contention for the 4 cardinal sheet posts: president, vice-president, wide secretary, and associated caput successful the November 4 polls.According to the committee, 7 students are successful the fray for the station of president, 3 for vice-president, 5 for wide secretary, and 5 for associated secretary. Additionally, 111 valid nominations person been confirmed for the councillor positions crossed JNU’s 18 centres. The last database was announced connected Wednesday evening aft the withdrawal model closed, followed by the allocation of run spaces connected campus.
Contestants and alliances
This year’s predetermination volition spot a triangular contention betwixt the Left alliance, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), on with respective autarkic and smaller radical contestants.The ABVP has fielded Vikas Patel for president, Tanya Kumari for vice-president, Rajeshwar Kant Dubey for wide secretary, and Anuj Damara for associated secretary.The Left alliance, comprising AISA, SFI, and DSF, has nominated Aditi Mishra for president, Gopika Babu for vice-president, Sunil Yadav for wide secretary, and Danish Ali for associated secretary.
Meanwhile, the NSUI has enactment guardant Vikash Bishnoi for president, Shaikh Shahnavaz Alam for vice-president, Preeti for wide secretary, and Kuldeep Ojha for associated secretary.Outside these large alliances, AISF is contesting independently with Gopikrishnan U moving for the wide secretary’s post. From the Ambedkarite level BAPSA, Raj Ratan Rajoria is contesting for president and Shuaib Khan for wide secretary.
DISHA has fielded Shirshava Indu for president, portion the Progressive Students' Association has enactment up Shinde Vijayalaxmi for the aforesaid post.
Campaign intensifies connected campus
With the last database confirmed, run activities person visibly intensified crossed JNU. Posters, pamphlets, and unfastened discussions person taken implicit arsenic candidates and their supporters scope retired to the electorate. School-level wide assemblage meetings volition proceed till October 31, followed by the assemblage wide assemblage gathering connected November 1.
The much-awaited statesmanlike statement is scheduled for Sunday, November 2, portion November 3 has been designated a no-campaign day.
Polling and counting schedule
Polling volition beryllium conducted connected November 4 successful 2 phases: from 9 americium to 1 p.m. and from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 pm. Counting of votes volition statesman astatine 9 p.m. the aforesaid day, and results are expected to beryllium declared by November 6.The predetermination process began connected October 24 with the work of the tentative voters’ database and grievance correction window.
The university’s grievance redressal compartment continues to oversee the behaviour of the polls and code disputes.
Background and significance
JNUSU elections
often reflector broader ideological trends wrong India’s pupil politics. Last year, Left-backed pupil groups secured 3 of the 4 cardinal sheet posts, portion the ABVP won the associated caput position, marking its archetypal cardinal sheet triumph successful astir a decade.With November 4 approaching, the field is preparing for an progressive polling day, wherever students volition workout their antiauthoritarian close to vote. The elections volition not lone find the adjacent pupil leaders but volition besides bespeak the pulse of a politically conscious pupil community, continuing JNU’s bequest arsenic a crucible of ideas, activism, and leadership.
