/ Agencies: The results of the students’ union elections held after a long gap of eight years at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in Uttar Pradesh have been declared. Mohammad Noman Ashraf, a research scholar in the history department, registered an impressive victory for the post of president. Law student Nasra Naeem was elected vice-president. Her victory marks a new chapter in the university’s students’ union history, as this is the first time a woman has won one of the three key posts of president, vice-president and honorary secretary.
Noman Ashraf received 7,797 votes for the president’s post. He defeated his nearest rival, Mohammad Intikhab, by a margin of 4,121 votes. For the post of vice-president, Nasra Naeem secured 7,091 votes and defeated Saqib Ali Khan by 1,273 votes. Mohammad Hamdan won the post of honorary secretary with 8,385 votes. Voting was held on November 5 at 13 polling centres on the university campus. Of the total 20,754 voters, 15,523 students exercised their franchise, recording a turnout of 74.65 percent. After counting continued through the night, the results were announced on the morning of November 6.
Notably, students’ union elections have been held at AMU for the first time since 2018. Students had agitated for a long time demanding the restoration of elections. The new office-bearers will now have the responsibility of raising issues related to students’ interests and strengthening democratic student representation in the university.
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