In the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections, Chhatra Shibir-backed candidate Md. Abu Sadiq (Sadiq Kayem) has won the post of VP, SM Farhad the post of GS, and Mohiuddin Khan the post of AGS.
DUCSU Chief Election Commissioner Professor Dr. Mohammad Jasim Uddin announced the results at DU Senate Bhaban after 8:30 am on Wednesday (September 10). Other election commissioners were present at the time.
The results announced showed that the VP candidate of the United Students Alliance supported by Chhatra Shibir, Md. Abu Sadiq (Sadiq Kayem), won by getting 14,042 votes. His nearest rival, Abidul Islam Khan of Chhatra Dal, got 5,708 votes. Independent candidate Umama Fatima got 3,389 votes. Another independent candidate, Shamim Hossain, got 3,884 votes.
For the GS post, SM Farhad, the candidate of the United Students Alliance supported by Chhatra Shibir, won with 10,794 votes. His closest rival, Chhatra Dal leader Tanvir Bari Hamim, received 5,283 votes. In addition, Meghmallar Basu of the Prevention Council received 4,949 votes.
For the AGS post, the candidate of the United Students Alliance supported by Chhatra Shibir, Muha. Mohiuddin Khan, won by getting 11,772 votes. The AGS candidate of Chhatra Dal, Tanvir Al Hadi Mayed, got 5,064 votes. The AGS candidate of the Anti-Discrimination Students' Parliament, Ashrefah Khatun, got 900 votes.
Incidentally, this time there were 471 candidates for 28 posts in DUCSU. And elections were held for 13 posts in 18 Hall Sangsad. There were 1,035 candidates for 234 posts in Hall Sangsad.
This time, there were 39,874 total voters in DUCSU. Of these, 18,959 were female voters and 20,915 were male voters.
Voting began at 8 am on Tuesday (September 9) and ended at 4 pm.