Rajasthan University election: Voting ends with dismal turnout
dismal turnout for the first few hours, but it picked up momentum after 10 am.
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RU election 2017 voting: live updates. Image credit: Post Staff.
Jaipur: Voting for student union elections in seven universities including Rajasthan University and 175 constituent government colleges came to an end at 1 pm on Monday.
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Jaipur: Voting for student union elections in seven universities including Rajasthan University and 175 constituent government colleges came to an end at 1 pm on Monday.
The turnout was dismal for the first few hours in Rajasthan University and its constituent colleges, however, it picked up momentum after 10 am.
Rajasthan University reported a turnout of nearly 51 percent. It was 58 percent in 2016.
The voting went off peacefully.
Polling station Voters Votes polled
Commerce College 4076 1896
Maharaja College 2580 1722
Rajasthan College 3376 2122
Maharani College 6512 2982
Law College 628 431
University Law College 750 511
University 5-year Law 886 476
Department of ABST 464 194
Department of EAFM 316 127
Department of music 371 70
Department of sociology 262 156
Department of political science 254 155
Department of economics 204 107
Center of conserving technology 430 171
Department of Hindi 236 119
Department of phycology 144 51
Department of library science 174 57
Department of zoology 243 78
PG School of Social Science 398 249
security at RU gate for voting at student union elections. Image credit: Post Staff
Maharaja College in Jaipur reported a voting percentage of 66.07 percent. The voting percentage in Maharani College was 45.83 percent. It was up nearly one percent from the previous year.
Senior police officers in Jaipur said that the voting went off peacefully in Rajasthan University and its constituent colleges. More than 1000 policemen were deployed.
Students casting their votes for Rajasthan University student elections 2017. Image credit: Post Staff
Nearly 49.30 percentage votes were cast in Jai Narayan Vyas University (JNVU) in Jodhpur. The highest voting percentage was from science department, while the lowest was from the law faculty.
In MDS University in Ajmer, of the 1166 registered votes, 833 students cast their votes.
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