DUSU Elections: ABVP bags 3 seats, Aryan Maan becomes president as NSUI faces major setback

DUSU Elections 2025: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) took over three posts in the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) election results. ABVP candidate for the post of most important president, Aryan Mann, held the post by defeating NSUI candidate Joslin Nandita Chaudhary by a big margin. Earlier, the post of president was with the NSUI and the current DUSU president was Ronak Khatri. ABVP snatched this chair from NSUI this time. On Thursday, students cast their votes in all the affiliated colleges of DU amid heavy security arrangements. The counting of votes started on Friday morning and the results were declared after all the rounds were completed.

Dusu election results 2025

From ABVP:

• President: Aryan Mann—28,841 votes (won)
• Vice President: Govind Tanwar—20,547 votes (lost)
• Secretary: Kunal Chaudhary—23,779 votes (won)
• Joint Secretary: Deepika Jha—21,825 votes (won)

From NSUI:

• President: Joslin Nandita Chaudhary—12,645 votes (lost)
• Vice President: Rahul Jhansla - 29,339 votes (won)
• Secretary: Kabir Girsa—16,117 Votes (lost)
• Joint Secretary: Lavkush Bhadana—17,380 votes (loses)

In this way, ABVP won the posts of Chairman, Secretary and Joint Secretary, while NSUI only came to the account.

Main candidates & their issues

ABVP candidates:

• President—Aryan Mann
• Vice President—Govind Tanwar
• Secretary—Kunal Chaudhary
• Joint Secretary—Deepika Jha

NSUI candidates:

Chairman—Joslin Nandita Chaudhary

Vice President - Rahul Jhansla Yadav

Secretary - Kabir Girsa

Joint Secretary - Lavkush Bhadana

Who are Aryan Mann and Joslin Nandita Chaudhary?

Aryan Mann, who is from Bahadurgarh in Haryana, was the presidential candidate for ABVP. He promised subsidized metro passes during the election campaign, free Wi-Fi on campus, an accessibility audit for disabled students and better sports facilities.

Jros chrisin Nandita Chaudhary, who is a postgraduate student of Buddhist Studies, preferred issues such as lack of hostels in her election campaign, campus security, and menstrual leave.

SFI-Asia performance

The SFI-AISA alliance fielded Anjali, a student of Indraprastha College for Women, for the post of president. Although the match was triangular, the main collision remained between ABVP and NSUI. SFI-AISA lagged behind all positions and could not win any victory.

Previous results

In the 2024 DUSU election, NSUI won the post of Chairman and Joint Secretary, breaking the seven-year defeat. At the same time, ABVP held the post of Vice President and retained the post of Secretary. In the last ten years, ABVP has won the post of president six times, while NSUI has achieved the post twice.

Importance of DUSU elections

The DUSU election is not just a college-level election, but it is considered a mirror of national political trends.
Many big leaders of the country have come into politics from here. The Delhi University Students Union was established in 1949 and the first election was held in 1954. The leaders who entered politics from these elections include names like Arun Jaitley, Ajay Maken, Alka Lamba, and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who are playing an important role in national politics today.