Deepanshu Shokeen is contesting the DUSU vice-president election as an independent candidate after seeking an NSUI ticket. His campaign has drawn attention in a contest shaped by campus safety concerns and the presence of candidates outside major student panels.

As DUSU 2026 votes are counted today, most students know the president role is powerful, but few know what it actually controls. Here is a full breakdown of DUSU powers, limits, funding and past presidents who became national leaders.

Delhi University’s 2026 student union election has unfolded amid a year of protests, education controversies, caste debates and campus safety concerns. With NSUI fielding an Adivasi candidate, ABVP betting on established student-political networks and an NSUI rebel leading the VP race as an Independent, DUSU is reflecting a changing Gen Z political landscape.

Polling for the DUSU elections concluded on Friday across 52 polling centres in Delhi University. Voter turnout stood at 40.46 per cent, the highest recorded in the last three years. Turnout was 39.5 per cent in the previous election.

Shokeen secured 30,615 votes, defeating ABVP's Ishu Maurya, who polled 16,910 votes, and NSUI's Vir Chatrath, who received 4,313 votes. His victory came as ABVP won the other three central panel posts - President, Secretary and Joint Secretary.

ABVP's Yash Dabas leads in early DUSU counting, with results shaping the 2026-27 student union's central panel composition.

ABVP swept the DUSU elections 2026, winning three key posts including President for Yash Dabas, as top BJP leaders praised the youth mandate.