New Delhi, September 19: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won three of the four key posts in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections 2026, with Yash Dabas winning the president’s post, Riya Chhawdi securing the secretary’s post, and Lakshya Raj Singh winning the joint secretary’s post. Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen won the vice-president’s post.
According to the final result sheets, Dabas polled 24,576 votes to defeat NSUI’s Vijay Shankar Meena, who secured 22,523 votes. AISA-SFI candidate Ananya Raturi polled 5,377 votes, while NOTA received 4,310 votes.
For the secretary’s post, ABVP’s Riya Chhawdi won with 21,650 votes, ahead of NSUI’s Namrata Chaudhary, who polled 14,869 votes. Stanzin Deskyong received 8,734 votes, while NOTA secured 7,884 votes.
In the joint secretary contest, ABVP’s Lakshya Raj Singh polled 16,615 votes. Independent candidate Vishesh Yadav received 15,778 votes, while NSUI’s Gopal Choudhary secured 15,206 votes.
The vice-president’s post went to independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen, who polled 30,615 votes. ABVP’s Ishu Maurya finished with 16,910 votes, while NSUI’s Vir Chatrath received 4,313 votes.
Reacting to the results, Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra described ABVP’s performance as a victory of the students’ “nationalist resolve” and said it reflected support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a “Developed India”.
Malhotra said the result demonstrated what he described as the importance of “Student Power – Nation Power”. He also congratulated the newly elected ABVP office-bearers and said he expected them to focus on education, values and service at Delhi University.
In his statement, Malhotra also criticised rival political forces, alleging that they had sought to turn the university campus into a political battleground. He said the election result showed that students did not support what he described as politics based on “false promises”, “anarchy” and “violence”.
The results were declared on Saturday after counting votes from Friday’s DUSU elections. Reports said voter turnout was 40.46%.
