Archive · 1 Oct 2026
Left Alliance Wins Four Central Posts in UoH Union Election
A group of student organizations won most of the important positions in the University of Hyderabad student election.
The group won the president, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary posts.
Dilshada Raihan V.P. became president after receiving 2,178 votes.
She defeated the candidate from the ABVP-SLVD alliance by 451 votes.
ABVP-SLVD still won the sports secretary position.
The cultural secretary result was not announced after a dispute.
Dilshada said students were unhappy with the previous union’s work on student concerns.
She said the new union would focus first on food and mess fees.
It also plans to raise issues such as menstrual leave, accessibility and campus safety.
The AISA-ASA-DSU-SFI-TSF alliance won four central posts in the University of Hyderabad Students’ Union election.
SFI candidate Dilshada Raihan V.P. won the presidency with 2,178 votes, defeating ABVP-SLVD’s Naresh Podishetti by 451 votes.
Korra Nithin Chauhan, Pratik Sagar and Sidhant Sashwat were elected vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary.
ABVP-SLVD’s Banoth Sai was named sports secretary, while the cultural secretary result remained undeclared.
Dilshada said the new union would prioritize mess fees, menstrual leave, disability access, campus safety and space for dissent.
- Who
- The AISA-ASA-DSU-SFI-TSF alliance and the ABVP-SLVD alliance contested the election; Dilshada Raihan V.P. became president.
- What
- The left alliance won four central Students’ Union posts, while ABVP-SLVD won sports secretary and the cultural secretary result remained undeclared.
- When
- Counting continued past 3 a.m. on Wednesday; the article does not provide the election date.
- Where
- The election took place at the University of Hyderabad in Hyderabad.
- Why
- Dilshada attributed the result to dissatisfaction with the previous union’s inactivity on student concerns and alleged threats to fundamental rights, secularism and democracy.
AISA-ASA-DSU-SFI-TSF Alliance
ABVP-SLVD Alliance
Meaning of the election result
AISA-ASA-DSU-SFI-TSF Alliance
Dilshada described the victory as a defeat for the ABVP and attributed it to dissatisfaction with the previous union’s inactivity on student concerns.
ABVP-SLVD Alliance
ABVP-SLVD had won all six central posts in the previous election and retained the sports secretary position in this election.
Cultural secretary result
AISA-ASA-DSU-SFI-TSF Alliance
Dilshada alleged that ABVP members entered the counting room after counting and said the result was subsequently withheld; her alliance continued protesting outside the vice-chancellor’s office.
ABVP-SLVD Alliance
The University of Hyderabad’s notification did not list a cultural secretary after a dispute over the contest. The article does not report a direct ABVP-SLVD response to the allegation.
Election procedure
AISA-ASA-DSU-SFI-TSF Alliance
Dilshada said that after about 20 hours of counting, the alliance would not accept a recounting demand from ABVP.
ABVP-SLVD Alliance
The article reports the alliance’s allegation about a possible recounting demand but does not provide ABVP-SLVD’s stated position.
- President-elect
- Dilshada Raihan V.P. of SFI
- Presidential vote
- 2,178 votes
- Presidential margin
- 451 votes over Naresh Podishetti
- Posts won by left alliance
- President, vice-president, general secretary and joint secretary
- Sports secretary
- Banoth Sai of ABVP-SLVD
- Cultural secretary
- Result undeclared following a dispute
- Priority issues
- Mess fees, menstrual leave, disability access, campus safety and student dissent