The ultimate result of the voting in the DUSU 2026 elections was declared on Saturday, September 19, where it was established that the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad was definitely the winner of that particular day. The president of ABVP, Yash Dabas, won the race to become the president, securing 24,576 votes.
which was more than that, won by NSUI's Vijay Shankar Meena with 22,523 votes. In addition to this, the race to the post of secretary was also won by the same party, where their candidate Riya Chhawdi won the race after collecting 21,650 votes as compared to the 18,446 votes collected by NSUI's Namrata Chaudhary. Further, the post of joint secretary was also taken by the ABVP's Lakshya Raj Singh, who secured 16,615 votes.
The sole exception to this trend was the post of vice president, where Deepanshu Shokeen won the race from an independent platform with more than 30,000 votes.
One of the most prominent stories of the year is how NSUI – the national body backed by Congress – failed to grab any central panel position despite dominating the polls in 2024, where their candidate Rounak Khatri had emerged victorious and ended a decade-long monopoly of ABVP.
Dabas was quick to highlight this shift in the narrative soon after the win and remarked that NSUI had been "completely wiped out from the campus" and lost 4-0 in this particular election, ignoring the independent victory by Shokeen, yet pointing at the extent of the defeat faced by NSUI in this round of elections.
The result reflects a definite shift of fortunes towards ABVP following a closely contested 2024 poll season, with ABVP having performed exceptionally well in 2025, with Aryan Maan securing the presidential spot while NSUI managed to grab the vice-presidential spot.
Polling for DUSU elections in 2026 took place in 52 polling centres during two different phases, where day class students voted from 8:30am to 1pm, while evening students voted from 3pm to 7:30pm.
Totally, 1000 electronic voting machines have been used for this purpose, out of which 960 have been used, while the remaining 40 have been kept as backup. Voter turnout has been 40.46 per cent, which is the highest turnout that has ever occurred in the last three years. This is better than last year's turnout, which was 39.5 per cent.
It is seen that the increase in the number of voters has led to an increase in turnout in the University of DU from the last few years due to the inclusion of fourth-year students due to the adoption of a four-year education system by the university.
The results obtained in this election were also influenced by judicial interference, as the Delhi High Court banned victory marches after instances of violence and defacement of property came to light during the campaign period.
This was similar to previous years' elections, when campus vandalism and noisy celebrations brought courts into play, and in 2024, it also resulted in a delay of several days in declaring the results.
However, despite judicial caution, the workers of the ABVP and BJP leaders congratulated themselves on the victory, with the leaders of the party praising the result as an expression of sentiments of the students on campus.
Dabas, while addressing the cheering crowd after his victory, stressed important issues such as the safety of students and hostel security as the main priorities for him.
