DUSU Election 2026 Results: ABVP Retains President Post in Close Battle; Independent Candidate Pulls Off Surprise Win for VP
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won 3 of the 4 central posts in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) election 2026, held on Friday, September 18. The results, declared on Saturday, September 19, saw ABVP’s Yash Dabas win the post of president, independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen elected vice-president, ABVP’s Riya Chhawdi winning the post of secretary, and Lakshya Raj Singh taking the joint secretary post.
The results followed a closely fought election involving the major student organisations the ABVP, National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), and the AISA-SFI alliance all of whom fielded candidates for the four central posts. Independent and other candidates also remained in contention for key positions.
Vote counting began at 8 am on Saturday at the Multipurpose Hall of the University Sports Stadium in North Campus. The contest stayed close through several rounds, particularly in the presidential race, where the lead changed hands more than once. After the final results were declared, Yash Dabas emerged victorious in the presidential contest, defeating NSUI’s Vijay Meena. The vice-president post was won by Deepanshu Shokeen, who defeated ABVP’s Ishu Maurya and NSUI’s Virr Chatrath.
Riya Chhawdi won the secretary post, defeating NSUI’s Namrata Chaudhary. For the post of joint secretary, Lakshya Raj Singh emerged victorious, defeating NSUI’s Gopal Choudhary and Vishesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha.
ABVP’s Yash Dabas held a lead of 2,053 votes in the presidential race, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen led the vice-presidential contest by 13,705 votes. ABVP’s Riya Chhawdi was ahead by 6,781 votes for the secretary post, while party colleague Lakshya Raj Singh led the joint secretary race by 863 votes.
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The 2026 DUSU election recorded an overall voter turnout of 40.46 per cent, based on data from all 52 polling centres. More than 1.51 lakh students were eligible to vote. Polling for day-college students was held from 8:30 am to 1 pm on Friday, while evening-college students cast their votes between 3 pm and 7:30 pm.
The election was contested for four central posts president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary — with 20 candidates in the fray in total. ABVP and NSUI fielded candidates for all four posts, while AISA and SFI contested jointly. Several independent candidates also emerged as strong contenders during the campaign and the counting process.