College Students’ Union poll ends peacefully in city

A student casting vote at the City Women's College

BHUBANESWAR: The Students’ Union Poll ended peacefully in different colleges in the city on Friday. The elected candidates were in celebration mood after winning the college poll. The winning candidates would participate in oath taking ceremony which would be held on Saturday.

The supporters of different candidates contesting in the poll were waiting for the result of their student leaders after casting their votes from 8 am to 2 pm on Friday. The result was declared at the afternoon on the same day after the counting of votes. On the day of election, some students were standing outside of the respective college entrances to persuade their friends to cast their votes in favour of their leaders.

According to the poll result of BJB Autonomous College, Sibabrata Nayak was elected as president, Rajivlochan Sahu as vice president of the College Students’ Union, while the all the candidates filed nomination for the post of general secretary was rejected.

In Rama Devi Women’s College, Pallavi Mohapatra was elected as president, Mikina Rout as vice-president and Arpita Aparajita Badjena as general secretary of Students’ Union of the college. In Rajdhani Collge, Dinesh Kumar Sahu was elected as president, Saumya Ranjan Patnaik as vice-president and Santosh Kumar Pradhan as general secretary of Students’ Union of the college.

In Maharshi College, Sanjiv Parida was elected as president, Biswaranjan Pradhan as vice-president and Dhaneswar Barik as general secretary of Students’ Union of the college. In Basic Science College, Jyoti Ranjan Ojha was elected as president, Barsha Mohaptra as vice-president and Aishwarya B Padhy as general secretary of the College Students’ Union.

In the City Women’s College, Suranjita Mohanty was elected as president, Smita Padhy as vice-president and Mamata Swain as general secretary of the College Students’ Union, while all the candidates of the Kamala Nehru Women’s College in the city won uncontestedly.

“I’m very happy after wining the Students’ Union election and I’m overwhelmed after getting support from my friends,” said Pallavi Mohapatra newly elected president of the Students’ Union of the Rama Devi Women’s College.