DUSU Elections 2025: The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Elections 2025 are underway, and stringent security and monitoring arrangements have been put in place.
More than 2.75 lakh students are eligible to vote with ABVP, NSUI and SFI-AISA alliance fighting in close contention to win the presidential posts. Vote counting will be done on September 19.
DUSU Elections 2025: How is voting modernising student elections?
This modernisation endeavour includes the adoption of EVMs in central panel voting and paper ballots in college-level polls, a compromise between technology and tradition. All these measures- increased security, surveillance and norms of clear campaigning are an indication of a coordinated effort on the part of the officials to make sure that the electoral process is transparent, safe and free of misconduct.
DUSU Elections 2025: Safety and Surveillance Measures
In the name of maintaining order and fairness, there has been an implementation of more intensive surveillance in the form of 60 new CCTV cameras around North Campus, as well as 160 body-worn cameras to oversee polling booths and impose discipline.
The unapproved cars and possible mischief are being kept in check with the help of AI-enabled CCTV, automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR) technology, and special police patrols. In the meantime, DU has adopted strict policies that prohibit defiance of government property, strictly govern campaign posters and place restrictions on expenses on campaigns.
DUSU Elections 2025: Students’ review
As per PTI, Shikhar Suri, a Ram Lal College students, says, “Votes here are sometimes distributed on the basis of greed and sometimes on the basis of actual work. I want to see further developments. Like in our college fest couldn’t happen for 3-4 years…But it happened last year… So, I don’t know who could possibly come to power. I just ask for better RLA, better South Campus, better Delhi University.”
DUSU Elections 2025: Who can vote this year?
Voting eligibility has been well stipulated in the DUSU Election 2025. First-year students are allowed to vote by carrying one valid fee receipt with one government-issued identification like Voter ID, Aadhaar, PAN, or Driving License, in case they do not have a college ID.
Students in their second and third years will have to bring along a valid college identity card to vote. Moreover, only students admitted to DU colleges or departments before September 9, 2025, at 5 pm, can vote.