jnu elections

NEW DELHI: After much drama, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) elections are finally taking place early next month.

As the final list of candidates came out, campaigning at Jawaharlal Nehru University began.

Things are hotting up on the JNU campus, with students' union elections just around the corner.

JNU Vice-Chancellor Shantishree Dhulipudi Pandit's remarks on Dalits and Blacks playing the "victim card" have ignited controversy, with student groups demanding her resignation. Pandit, who identifies as Bahujan, claims her statements were misinterpreted and aimed at critiquing "woke" ideologies rather than targeting marginalized communities.

Left party secures all seats in JNU Students' Union Election. Dhananjay elected President, Avijit Ghosh Vice President, Priyanshi Arya General Secretary, and Mo Sajid Joint Secretary. Results announced on March 22.

Aspiring candidates filed their nomination papers for the September 14 polls to elect the university's next students' union. The process began at 9am and continued till a little past 5 in the evening as students filed nominations for over 30 posts across different schools and departments.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday permitted the JNU election committee to declare the results of the students union polls held on September 6.

With 17 councillor seats already in the bag and its candidates leading on three of the four central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union elections, the position of All India Students’ Association appears to be practically unchanged from last year. AISA is still the top dog at JNU.

NEW DELHI: After Bush's victory, another presidential battle was being played out at the Jhelum Lawns in JNU.

The United Left alliance secured victory in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections, winning the key posts of president, vice-president, and general secretary. However, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad made a significant comeback, capturing the joint secretary position after nearly a decade.

After the Grievance Redressal Cell (GRC) of Jawaharlal Nehru University sent a notice to the election committee (JNUEC) mentioning 10 alleged violations in the recently-concluded students' union polls, the panel has responded saying the elections were conducted within the JNUSU constitution and the Lyngdoh committee report rules and that the GRC's points were invalid.

The jnu elections are over and like last year the Left parties represented by SFI-AISF made a clean sweep of these elections by defeating their arch rivals- the ABVP, by a substantial margin.

NEW DELHI: The left criticises the right as well as the extreme-left. The right, in turn, flays the left and the extreme-left.

NEW DELHI: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students affirmed their preference for the colour red.

The Supreme Court today allowed Jawaharlal Nehru University to hold its students' union elections, which had been stayed by the apex court in 2008 for non-compliance of some of its guidelines.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union elections for 2024-25 are scheduled for April 25, with results on April 28, following student protests over delays. The election process includes nomination filings on April 15, a presidential debate on April 23, and a no-campaign day on April 24. Last year's elections saw the United Left alliance winning three central panel posts.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union election will see a candidate from Kargil-likely the first-contesting for a central panel post

The student turnout for the pre-lunch round of voting at Jawaharlal Nehru University was unusually low on Friday.Till lunch, there were more campaigners and candidates at polling stations than voters.

NEW DELHI: Just like debating and discussion, huge hand-drawn posters plastered in hostels and canteens have become a part and parcel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union elections.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) Election 2025 concluded with a sweeping victory for the Left Unity, which secured all four key posts—President, Vice President, General Secretary, and Joint Secretary. With a 67% voter turnout from over 9,000 eligible students, the results reaffirmed the Left’s enduring ideological influence and organizational dominance on the JNU campus.

The Left Unity won all the Central panel seats of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union for which results were announced on Sunday afternoon. For the president's post, N Sai Balaji of Left Unity polled 2,161 votes in his favour whereas his rival Lalit Pandey of ABVP got only 982 votes.

The Left retained its bastion of Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday with its alliance of four outfits winning all the four central panel posts of the JNU Student’s Union. The Left Unity alliance got 44.7% of the total votes polled, with ABVP in second place, but there were significant ballot gains for National Students Union of India and Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students’ Association.

The JNU administration has sent a notice to the JNU election committee (EC) for allegedly violating various Lyngdoh committee norms during the recently concluded students’ union polls.

Delhi high court on Tuesday gave its nod to JNU election committee to declare the results of students' union polls held on September 6.

The stay on declaration of the student union poll results in Jawaharlal Nehru University by Delhi high court remains in place. However, the campus echoed with joy and celebration as the vote-counting trend declared by the university election committee showed the left-unity panel ahead in all four posts.