JNUSU Elections 2025 LIVE updates

JNUSU Elections 2025 LIVE: Candidates start filing nominations; campaign buzz grows on campus

Polling for JNUSU 2025 will take place on November 4, and the results will be announced on November 6. The nomination process would close at 5 pm today. 

The nomination process for the 2025–26 Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) elections begins today, with polls scheduled for November 4, as campus campaigns are being set up.

According to the JNUSU election committee's dates, nomination forms were distributed on October 25. Candidates can file their nominations today, October 27, between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The committee will post the list of valid nominations at 10 am on October 28, followed by candidate withdrawals between 2 pm and 5 pm. The final list of approved candidates will be out by 7 pm. A press conference and assignment of campaign spaces are set for 8 pm on the same day.

Before the election, the presidential debate is on November 2, with a no campaign day the following day. JNUSU polling happens on November 4 from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Results will be shared on November 6.

Three of the four central panel positions were filled by left-leaning student organisations last year. It was the ABVP's first victory in roughly a decade when they were elected joint secretary.

JNUSU: Grievance Cell, Claims

In early October, the university formed a grievance cell (GRC) to handle problems concerning the JNUSU elections in 2025. Student Affairs Dean Manuradha Chaudhary will lead the group, which includes 10 teachers and two students.

As campaigning picks up, the main student groups, including the Left and ABVP, have made claims against each other. The ABVP recently said the Left-led JNUSU is guilty of corruption and inaction, pointing to supposed issues in dorm projects and its lack of opposition to anti-student school rules.

The AISA rejected the claims, calling the ABVP an extension of the administration and blaming it for JNU's declining academic and democratic atmosphere. Since then, both groups have increased their campaigning efforts, with ABVP running what it calls a class campaign to focus on problems the ruling student group has ignored for years.