JNU Elections 2025: Left Panel Sweeps All Four Seats, Aditi Mishra Elected President — Campus Echoes with “Lal Salaam

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New Delhi | November 6:
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus once again turned red as the United Left panel swept all four key posts in the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) elections, reclaiming complete control from the ABVP. The Left coalition — comprising AISA, SFI, AISF, and DSF — registered a comprehensive victory, even capturing the lone seat the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had won last year.

The new JNUSU President is Aditi Mishra, a PhD student from the School of International Studies, representing AISA under the United Left alliance. Aditi defeated ABVP’s Vikas Gupta by 449 votes, securing 1,937 votes against his 1,488.

Full Left Sweep: Complete Seat Breakdown

• President: Aditi Mishra (AISA) — 1,937 votes
  Defeated Vikas Gupta (ABVP) — 1,488 votes
  Victory margin: 449 votes
• Vice President: K. Gopika (United Left) — 3,101 votes
  Defeated Tanya Kumari (ABVP) — 1,787 votes
  Victory margin: 1,314 votes
• General Secretary: Sunil Yadav (United Left) — 2,005 votes
  Defeated Rajeshwar Kant Dubey (ABVP) — 1,921 votes
  Victory margin: 84 votes
• Joint Secretary: Danish Ali (Left Unity) — 2,083 votes
  Defeated Anub Damra (ABVP) — 1,797 votes
  Victory margin: 286 votes

“ABVP Is Not Our Electoral Challenge — Their Presence Is”

After her victory, President-elect Aditi Mishra said,

“ABVP was never a challenge for us in the elections. Their presence in the campus is the real challenge because they disturb our vision of a safe and inclusive environment. JNU students have clearly rejected that politics.”

The election results were announced on Thursday night, two days after voting concluded on November 4. As soon as the results were declared, Left supporters flooded the campus, waving red flags, chanting “Lal Salaam,” and celebrating the victory with drums and colors.

Campus Voting Patterns

The Left secured overwhelming support from the School of Social Sciences, School of International Studies, and the School of Languages, Literature & Culture Studies, while ABVP found its stronghold in the Sciences, Special Centers, and Engineering departments.
Initially, ABVP was leading on two posts during the first 4,500 votes, but once votes from social sciences and language schools were counted, the tide turned decisively in favor of the Left.

NOTA and Invalid Ballots

• President: 132 NOTA | 65 invalid ballots
• Vice President: 389 NOTA | 44 invalid
• General Secretary: 278 NOTA | 42 invalid
• Joint Secretary: 234 NOTA | 44 invalid

Left Celebrations Paint Campus Red

Following the announcement, the JNU campus echoed with slogans of solidarity and equality. Students celebrated under the red banners of AISA, SFI, AISF, and DSF, calling the victory a mandate for “inclusive politics and progressive thought.”