This year in the DUSU election, students of Delhi University can cast their votes at polling stattions, which have been equipped with 943 electronic voting machines (EVMs),  if they carry their DU identity cards. The campaigning for the Delhi University elections ended Wednesday and the winners DUSU election will be announced on Saturday. The counting of the votes will take place at the office of  Dean, students' welfare.

Major students unions including ABVP, NSUI, AISA and AISF have fielded total 41 candidates for the four posts in DUSU. Total 11 students are contesting for the president's post including Harish Choudhary, a student of SGBT Khalsa College from NSUI, Jitender Choudhary of MA (Budhist Studies) from ABVP, CPI leaders D Raja's daughter Aparajiths Raja from AISF.

Last year, it was after a gap of 18 years, that an independent candidate had won the post of DUSU President in 2009, following the disqualification of the NSUI and ABVP official candidates.

Other important candidates who are in the fray  include Vardhan Chaudhary (NSUI) and Priya Dabas (ABVP) for vice-president, Deepika Deshwal (NSUI) and Neetu Dabas (ABVP) for secretary and Akshay Kumar (NSUI) and Saurabh Uniyal (ABVP) for joint secretary's post.