Panjab University Campus Students' Council elections on Sept 3

The 2025 Panjab University Campus Students' Council (PUCSC) elections will be held on September 3, announced the university authorities.

With the announcement, code of conduct has also been imposed.

Meanwhile, the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET) will lead as the ‘playmaker’ along with Legal Studies—as they combined have a majority of vote share. As per 2024 admission record, the UIET had 2,518 registered voters, the University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS) recorded 1,950 students and the Department of Law had 1,100 student voters. The total numbers of voters stood at 15,897 with 10,479 casting their votes.

“The numbers of voters are yet to ascertain considering the ongoing admission, but it’s most likely to remain more or less the same,” said the Dean of Student Welfare (DSW).

Out of the 62 departments, chemical engineering and technology (624), Dental Science (492), University Business School (477), University Institute of Applied Management (435), University of Pharmaceutical Sciences (421), physics (415), chemistry (409) and University Institute of Hotel Management and Tourism (402) were the main departments to hold good share of votes.

Last year, Anurag Dalal created history by winning the PUCSC presidential election as an independent candidate.

Dalal, who formed the Democratic Students’ Front (DSF) just days before the polling, secured 3,433 votes, defeating his nearest contender Prince Chaudhary of Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS) by a margin of 303 votes.

Other winners included Archit Garg of NSUI for the Vice President seat, who won by bagging 3,631 votes, defeating his nearest rival candidate Sath’s Karanpreet Singh with a margin of 1,035 votes; Vineet Yadav of INSO (3,298 votes) for the Secretary post, and Jasvinder Rana of ABVP (3,489) for the Joint Secretary position.