Assam: Lakhimpur Commerce College Students’ Union elections held

LAKHIMPUR: The election for Lakhimpur Commerce College Students’ Union (LCCSU) for the session 2023–24 was held on Tuesday. As per information received from Professor Pankaj Lochan Das, the Returning Officer to the LCCSU election, voting was held for two posts of the students’ body, as the rest of the posts were won by candidates uncontested. Votes were held for the posts of general secretary and vice president of the student union, where five candidates were in the fray. For the post of general secretary, the contest was triangular, while there was a direct contest for the post of vice president.

Elaborate arrangements were made by the election committee of Lakhimpur Commerce College for smooth and transparent polling for the students union. Votes were taken in computerized systems at six polling stations, which were conducted by a team of polling personnel consisting of a presiding officer and two polling officers. Polling agents from contesting candidates were present in each of the polling stations of the college. Apart from that, teachers and staff from the library and computer laboratory of the college, led by Election Officer Dr. Biva Dutta, assisted the polling process in checking the identities of each voter according to their classes and streams and issuing voter slips. A team of paramedics from the Lakhimpur District Health Department was present at the college during the polling time.

The polling for LCCSU began at 10:00 a.m. and ended at 3:00 p.m. Mausam Borah won the post of general secretary by securing 324 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Rahul Dutta, by 28 votes. For the post of Vice President, Ejaj Ahmed defeated his only opponent, Sangeeta Chaudhury, by a margin of 56 votes. Ejaj secured 413 votes against 357 by his direct competitor. Advocate Naba Jyoti Saikia attended the entire polling process as the election observer. The principal of the college, Dr. Lohit Hazarika, congratulated the winning candidates and extended his gratitude to all the staff of the college for their cooperation in the election process. The contesting candidates took part in an open campaign debate on September 9.

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