Tuesday, September 17, 2013

SFI's Creditable performance in JNUSU elections 2013

SFI has registered a creditable performance in this year's JNU Students Union (JNUSU) Elections. As most of you know, a disruption of an unprecedented scale occurred last year in SFI's JNU Unit. Subsequently we have worked to build up the Unit once again, and the speed and verve with which we have bounced back is extremely heartening.

The JNUSU Elections 2013-14 have been won by All India Students Association (AISA), which has won all four office-bearer posts, namely President, Vice-President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary, and a majority of councillor posts. AISA had the Vice-President, General Secretary and Joint Secretary posts along with a majority in the JNUSU Council in the outgoing union as well.

Last year, the President post had been won by an outfit which contested in the name "SFI-JNU", and which later changed its name to Democratic Students Federation (DSF). This year the DSF's President candidate polled 786 votes less than last year. DSF candidates finished second in the President, Vice-President and Joint Secretary posts, and third in the General Secretary post. DSF had five councillors last year, which has now declined to just one.

Though it has not won any post this year, SFI has substantially improved its number of votes, vote share and relative position. Two councillor candidates (one in the School of Social Sciences and one in the School of Arts and Aesthetics) lost by 3 votes each. The number of votes polled by SFI candidates is given below, along with the figures for last year:

President -
2013: Rahul N - 329
2012: 107

Vice-President -
2013: Viswanathan V - 359
2012: 280

General Secretary -
2013: Gourab Ghosh - 599
2012: Did not contest

Joint Secretary -
2013: Did not contest;
2012: 214

[Total number of votes polled - 4545 in 2013; 4309 in 2012]

[SSS - School of Social Sciences; SL - School of Languages; SIS - School of International Studies; SAA - School of Arts and Aesthetics]

SSS Councillors (Five posts):

2012: Two candidates - polled 134 and 124 votes [Total votes polled in SSS - 1125]

2013: Five candidates -
Balu S - 324
Paaritosh Nath - 297
Najeeb V R - 230
Dipsita Dhar - 167
Manish Kumar - 161
[Total votes polled in SSS - 1194]

SL Councillors (Five posts):

2012: One candidate - polled 65 votes [Total votes polled in SL - 1475]

2013 - Five candidates -
Aparna Mahiyaria - 212
Ravi Kant - 97
Salini L R - 97
Haritha P - 95
Sruti M D - 82
[Total votes polled in SL - 1584]

SIS Councillors (Five posts):

2012 - Two candidates - polled 84 and 41 votes
[Total votes polled in SIS - 733]

2013 - Five candidates -
Gunjan Priya - 145
Nitheesh Narayanan K V - 132
Shibin Xavier - 127
Sharad Kumar - 82
Ajith E A - 52
[Total votes polled in SIS - 785]

SAA Councillor (one post):

2012 - 28 votes
[Total votes polled in SAA - 89]

2013 -
Anand Sachin K R - 44
[Total votes polled in SAA - 95]

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