India, in Infographics: Politics
NSUI, Congress’s Student Wing, Has Won 2 Of The Last 10 Delhi University Union Presidencies And 9 Of 40 Posts Since 2014; ABVP Has Won 30
Every Central Post In The Delhi University Students’ Union Since 2014, And The Share Of The Presidential Vote Won By NSUI And ABVP, From The University’s Own Result Sheets. Switch Views Or Hover A Year.
Every Post Shows The Winner Of Each Of The Four Central Posts, Coloured By Group. Share Of All Votes Divides Each Presidential Candidate’s Votes By Every Vote Cast For President, Including NOTA, On Delhi University’s Result Sheet. Votes Shows The Raw Counts. The Larger Dot Is The Winner. Hover Or Tap A Year For The Candidates, The Total And The Posts Each Side Won. There Were No Elections In 2020, 2021 Or 2022, And DU Published No Sheet For 2014.
Posts Won By NSUI
9 Of 40
2 Presidencies: 2017 And 2024
Posts Won By ABVP
30 Of 40
8 Presidencies, Sweeps In 2014 And 2015
NSUI’s Best Share
39.9%
2024, When It Won By 2.6 Points
ABVP’s Best Share
55.9%
2019, Against NSUI’s 20.0%
The Bottom Line
NSUI Has Won 2 Of The Last 10 Delhi University Union Presidencies And 9 Of 40 Posts; ABVP Has Won 30. NSUI’s Presidential Share Has Ranged From 20.0% To 39.9%, And In 2026 It Came Within 3.4 Points Of ABVP Without Winning.
What The Data Shows
Two Presidencies In Ten
NSUI, The Congress’s Student Wing, Won The Union Presidency In 2017 And 2024 And 9 Of The 40 Central Posts Contested Since 2014. In No Year Did It Win More Than Two Of The Four Posts; In 2014, 2015 And 2026 It Won None.
ABVP Holds Three Of Four
ABVP, Linked To The RSS, Won 30 Posts And 8 Presidencies. It Swept All Four Posts In 2014 And 2015 And Took At Least Three In Every Other Year Except 2017 And 2024, When The Two Sides Split The Panel Two Each.
Close Races, Then Routs
Across The Nine Years With A Published Total, NSUI’s Presidential Candidate Averaged 29.9% Of The Vote And ABVP’s 40.1%. Five Races Were Decided By Under 6 Points; ABVP Won 2019 By 35.8 Points And 2025 By 27.0.
2026
ABVP’s Yash Dabas Kept The Presidency With 40.4% To NSUI’s 37.0%, A Margin Of 2,053 Votes. The Vice-Presidency Went To Deepanshu Shokeen, An Independent Who Ran After Being Denied An NSUI Ticket.
Read With Care
Only The Two Big Groups
The Shares Are For ABVP And NSUI Alone. The Rest Went To Left Groups Such As AISA And SFI, Independents And NOTA, So The Two Shares Do Not Add Up To 100%.
Winners Who Did Not Serve
NSUI’s 2017 President Rocky Tuseed Was Disqualified, A Decision The Delhi High Court Upheld In July 2018. ABVP’s 2018 President Ankiv Baisoya Resigned In November 2018 Over A Fake Degree. Both Are Counted Here As Elected.
2014 And The Independent
DU Published No Result Sheet For 2014, So That Year Has Vote Counts From The Press But No Share. The 2026 Vice-President, Deepanshu Shokeen, Is A Former NSUI Member And Is Counted As An Independent, Not As NSUI.
Turnout Is Low
Reported Turnout Has Run From About 35% To 44% Of Eligible Students, Between 43,686 And 60,845 Votes For President. The Shares Are Of Votes Cast, Not Of All Students.
Sources & Method
Results
Winners Of The Four Central Posts From Each Year’s Delhi University Result Sheets (2015 To 2026), Party Labels From At Least Two Press Reports Each Year. 2014 From DNA, The Tribune And Other Reports. Names Are Spelt As On DU’s Sheets.
Shares
Each Candidate’s Votes Divided By The Sum Of All Rows On DU’s President Sheet, Including NOTA, Which Was Offered From 2016. Where The Sheet Prints A Total, The Rows Add Up To It. 2017, 2018 And 2023 Are Scanned Sheets Read By Eye.
Data: Delhi University Result Sheets For 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026.
