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PATNA: The results for the Patna University Students' Union ( PUSU) were declared on Thursday morning after polling was held on all the 46 polling booths on Wednesday.
JD(U) candidate Mohit Prakash won the post of president, whereas Anjana Singh from ABVP won the post of vice-president. ABVP's Manikant Mani and Raja Ravi won the post of Chief Secretary and Joint Secretary respectively. Kumar Satyam from JDU was elected as treasurer.
The results were delayed as a ruckus was reported at the Patna Science College – the main counting centre. According to reports, the ruckus was created by the supporters of the candidates who contested the PUSU over a reported delay in announcing the results.
Hundreds of students gathered at the main entrance gate of the Patna Science College and started shouting slogans. The counting, which was earlier scheduled to start from 4 PM, could not be done as there was an inordinate delay in bringing the ballot boxes from all the polling booths to the main counting centre.
The Patna University officials had brought all the ballot boxes to the main counting centre, Patna Science College, and they were opened in front of all PUSU candidates.
The counting of votes began around 11.30 PM.
Altogether there were 114 candidates in the fray for a total of 29 posts - five seats of office bearers and 24 council member.
Prem Pratigya, Alam Rizwan and Prachi are among the six candidates who have been elected unopposed so far.
The polling for PUSU elections was held in 14 constituencies including ten colleges and four faculties.
A total number of 20330 of eligible voters cast their votes in the PUSU elections.
Nearly 58.5% polling was recorded during the PUSU elections.
The highest voting percentage of 84 % was recorded at the College of Arts and Crafts which was followed by 80 % in Women's Training College.
The voting began at 8 AM amid unprecedented arrangements put in all places by the Patna district administration.
To ensure free and fair polling during the PUSU elections, a large number of policemen were deployed on duty by the district administration.
Apprehending violence during polling for the PUSU elections and counting of votes, the district administration has clamped Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) at 17 places (educational institutions).
Patna Sadar sub-divisional officer (SDO) Suharsh Bhagat issued the order for clamping Section 144 of CrPC at the university.
The counting of votes was scheduled to begin from 4 PM amid high security at the Patna Science College.
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