No victory procession or rally was observed in and around the university

This information emerged following the publication of the final Ducsu election results

Shadik Kayem was elected vice-president

Independent candidate Sanjida Ahmed Tonni received the second-highest number of votes

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Abu Shadik Kayem won 14,042 votes while Abidul Islam Khan, from the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel, got 5,708 votes.

They made the comments when results announced by the presiding officers until 4:00am show that Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed vice-president candidate Abu Shadik Kayem was leading the Ducsu polls

Counting going on till 6:00am; turnout 78% in polls marked by festivities

Significant number Chhatra Shibir leaders and activists among them

Party says it doesn’t want any chaos related to Ducsu elections

Voters stood in long queues in blazing September heat yesterday, eager to cast what was, for most, the first ballot of their lives.

Brimming with excitement and hope, thousands of students cast their votes in the Ducsu and hall union elections yesterday, as renewed democratic spirit and festive energy swept through the Dhaka University campus.

Mushtuq Husain, who was elected Ducsu general secretary in 1989, expects the rise of a new generation of politics in Bangladesh in the wake of this year’s central student union polls in Dhaka University.

It was 78% this time, a leap from 50-60% in the 1970s and ‘80s

Mohammad Sharan Ehsan, general secretary candidate for the left-leaning “Sampritir Oikya” panel in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union election, will work to include the election schedule and dates in the academic calendar to ensure continuity if elected.

The 12-day campaign for the Jahangirnagar University Central Students' Union (Jucsu) and hall elections, which began on August 29, ended yesterday.

Arifullah, the vice president (VP) candidate of the Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed Samannito Shikkharthi Jote panel in the Jucsu polls, has pledged to resolve session jams and build a student-friendly campus, if elected.

Sheikh Sadi Hasan, vice president candidate from the Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal-backed panel in the Jucsu election, has pledged to ensure that the culture of guestrooms and gonorooms never returns to campus if he wins.

Results expected around midnight