SFI sweeps polls in Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi Universities

Victory rally taken by comrades of Government Women's college Trivandrum

The Students Federation of India once again proved that it is the dominant force in college campuses of the University of Kerala and Mahatma Gandhi University. After these elections SFI emerged as the biggest students organisation in the state that won all the University Unions viz, Kannur, Calicut, Sanskrit, Kerala and MG along with the Poly Techinic Union and most of the school parliaments.

In University of Kerala SFI won college union elections in 38 of the 46 colleges where elections were held on Friday. Out of the 55 councillors 46 are SFI comrades. SFI, candidates were elected unopposed to all posts in 12 colleges affiliated to the varsity which includes University College, Government Arts College, Govt Fine Arts College,Govt College Karyavattom, IHRD College Parassala,  Govt. Music College, Govt Sanskrit college. In 16 colleges in Thiruvananthapuram district, the SFI bagged all seats that were contested. Of the 82 seats of university union councillor, the SFI cornered 65. The organisation recaptured the union in various colleges including the Government College for Women Thiruvananthapuram, SN College Punalur, KNM College Kanjiramkulam and the Government College Varkala. 

Other colleges in Trivandrum were SFI made impressive victory includes Mar Ivanios College, Iqbal College Peringamala, Govt College Nedumangad,

In Mahatma Gandhi University Students Federation of India has taken control of the students’ union in 73 out of the 90 colleges that went to polls on Friday. The SFI also wrested control over the University Union by winning 36 councillors out of the 46 posts.

The elections were conducted on the basis of the recommendations of J.M. Lyngdoh Committee Report on Campus Politics. While presidential model of elections, direct election of the college union office bearers, was followed by 18 colleges, other colleges adopted the parliamentary model where the office-bearers were elected indirectly by class representatives. Interestingly, two colleges, St. Berchmans’ College, Changanassery, and St. Thomas College, Pala, which took a strong stance against campus politics, saw the SFI take over their students’ union. In CMS College, Kottayam, the SFI made a comeback.

Earlier SFI won in Kannur University, where it bagged 34 out of the 40 college Unions. Of that too in 20 colleges all the posts were elected unopposed. Out of the 47 Councillors in the Kannur university 40 are won by SFI. In Calicut University, SFI won 58 out of the 87 colleges. 76 out of the 108 Councillors are from SFI. In Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University all the 8 colleges SFI made impressive victory. In that too 4 college unions were won unopposed. In the election to the Polytechnic unions SFI won 45 out of the 55 polytechnics in the state.