The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has won three of the four key posts in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections 2026, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen secured the Vice-President’s post. After 20 rounds of counting, ABVP candidates emerged victorious in the President, Secretary and Joint Secretary contests. Yash Dabas won the President’s post with 24,576 votes, defeating NSUI’s Vijay Shankar Meena, who received 22,523 votes. Riya Chhawdi won the Secretary post with 21,650 votes, while Lakshya Raj Singh secured the Joint Secretary position with 16,615 votes.
Shokeen, a former NSUI member who contested as an independent, won the Vice-President’s post with 30,615 votes. ABVP’s Ishu Maurya finished second with 16,910 votes, while NSUI’s Vir Chatrath received 4,313 votes. Before the results were formally announced, university officials asked the winning candidates and their supporters not to hold victory rallies on or outside the campus, in line with directions issued by the Delhi High Court.
Speaking after his victory, Dabas described the result as a victory for what he called “harmony, patriotism, and the collective strength of the Sangh”. He said the new DUSU leadership would focus on student safety, with safety audits of colleges, hostels and paying guest accommodations among his priorities. “Our primary concern will be ensuring that a safety audit is conducted for every PG and hostel,” Dabas said, referring to the accident in Satya Niketan. “We do not want such an incident to happen to anyone in the future, and that will be our first priority, conducting safety audits for every college, hostel, and PG.”
Dabas also said ABVP had retained its 3-1 result from the previous election and added that the organisation would aim for a clean sweep in the next DUSU polls. Earlier reporting noted: In the presidential contest, ABVP’s Yash Dabas polled 24,576 votes, defeating NSUI’s Vijai Shankar Meena by a margin of 2,053 votes. Shokeen won the vice-president’s post with 30,615 votes.
Shokeen said he was grateful to students who supported his independent campaign and said he wanted the union to remain accountable to the student community. “It feels wonderful that the students lived up to the trust I placed in them,” he said. He also said the organisation had worked throughout the year and argued that “Gen Z stands with the ABVP” because, according to him, nationalism resonated with young voters. Track latest developments on DUSU polls Earlier reporting noted: “This is a victory for every single student who stood by us in this struggle, joined hands with us in all our work over the past several years, and stood shoulder to shoulder with us,” Dabas said.
“The students ran my entire election campaign themselves and supported me immensely. He had contested as an independent after being denied an NSUI ticket.
Earlier in the counting process, DUSU President Aryan Maan had expressed confidence that ABVP would win all four posts. Earlier reporting noted: ABVP sweeps, NSUI upsets, Independent grabs key seat: Key takeaways from Delhi University polls Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) swept the students’ union election of the Delhi University on Saturday, with Yash Dabas being elected as the President of the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU). Independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen won the Vice President post as counting of votes for the student body elections concluded on Saturday.
