Shibir full panel wins in JOCSU along with VP, GS, AGS

The Chhatra Shibir-backed panel has made major progress in the preliminary results of the Jagannath University Central Students' Union (JOCSU) elections. According to the results of 4 centers announced so far, Shibir-backed candidates are leading in all three important positions - VP, GS and AGS. The JOCSU Election Commission announced the results of these centers at around 7 am on Wednesday (January 7).

In the announced results, Shibir-backed candidate Riazul Islam is leading with a total of 427 votes for the VP post. His nearest rival is Chhatra Dal's AKM Rakib with 394 votes. While Shibir's Abdul Alim Arif is leading with 385 votes for the GS post, Chhatra Dal's Khadijatul Kubra got 205 votes. Shibir-backed Masud Rana got 405 votes for the AGS post, and Chhatra Dal's BM Atiqur Rahman Tanzil got 321 votes.

In the Geography and Environment Department, Shibir's Riazul Islam got 100 votes for the VP position, while Chhatra Dal's AKM Rakib got 91 votes. In the GS Department, Shibir's Abdul Alim Arif got 90 votes, while Khadijatul Kubra got 45 votes. In the AGS Department, Masud Rana got 98 votes, and Tanzil got 45 votes.

Shibir's VP candidate Riazul Islam got 128 votes, while Chhatra Dal's AKM Rakib got 118 votes. In the GS Department, Shibir's Abdul Alim Arif is ahead with 123 votes, while Chhatra Dal's Khadijatul Kubra got 73 votes. However, in the AGS Department, Chhatra Dal's candidate BM Atiqur Rahman Tanzil is ahead by a small margin, with 126 votes and Shibir's Masud Rana getting 102 votes.

In the Public Administration Department, Chhatra Dal's AKM Rakib is ahead with 132 votes, while Shibir's Riazul Islam got 122 votes. Shibir's Abdul Alim Arif is ahead by 123 votes for the GS post and Khadijatul Kubra got 62 votes. Shibir's Masud Rana got 130 votes for the AGS post, and Tanzil got 106 votes.

The Shibir-backed panel has taken a strong position in the pharmacy department. Riazul Islam got 78 votes for the VP post, and AKM Rakib of Chhatra Dal got 53 votes. For the GS post, Abdul Alim Arif got 83 votes, Khadijatul Kubra got 26 votes. For the AGS post, Masud Rana got 78 votes, and Tanzil got 45 votes.

Meanwhile, some complications arose with the vote counting. Election Commissioner Professor Shahidul Islam said that around 1 am, about 300 votes were counted manually in one center. Later, the same votes were counted again using two OMR machines. The decision was made to count the votes in the next centers using the machine whose results matched the manual count. According to this decision, the recount began with 278 votes from the Anthropology department.

Earlier, around 9:20 pm on Tuesday, the entire process was temporarily halted due to a technical glitch in the OMR machine during the counting of votes. After resolving the problem, the Election Commission resumed the counting of votes after a long break.

It is worth noting that voting was held in 178 booths in 39 centers for the JOKSU and HAL parliamentary elections from 9 am to 3 pm on Tuesday. Voting was completed with extra time due to long queues at some centers even after the scheduled time. The total voter turnout in the election was about 65 percent. The results of 35 centers are still pending, which will play an important role in determining the final result.