Overview
- Polling runs from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, with counting scheduled to start at 9:00 pm and final results to be declared on November 6.
- Around 9,043 students are eligible to vote as the campus chooses a new central panel and councillors for 18 centres.
- The presidential race features Left candidate Aditi Mishra against ABVP’s Vikas Patel, with NSUI and smaller groups also fielding contenders in a seven-way contest.
- Twenty candidates are contesting the four central posts, and 111 nominations have been confirmed for councillor seats, with women comprising roughly 30% of central nominees and 25% of councillor nominees.
- Campaigning highlighted academic freedom, fellowships, infrastructure, sexual-harassment redressal bodies and national flashpoints, and a grievance redressal cell was set up for this election cycle.