Senate election results declared

Three members of the senate,Sandeep Kumar (Ferozepur),Sanjeev Kumar Arora (Ludhiana),and Dayal Partap Singh Randhawa (Chandigarh) were elected early on Friday morning as the first round of results of the Registered Graduates constituency was declared.

Out of the 15 elected members of this constituency,seven are new faces in the senate. While eight members have been reelected,the new senators are Gurpreet Kaur,Naresh Gaur,Raghbir Dyal,Satish Kumar,Varinder Singh ,Sandeep Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar Arora.

Sandeep Kumar,who was contesting the elections for the first time,led the race with 4996 votes. He was followed by Satish kumar with 3665 votes,Balbir Chand Josan with 3450 votes and Kailash Nath Kaul with 3447 votes,respectively. All four members hosted by the DAV management team,Balbir Chand Josan,Kailash Nath Kaul,Sanjeev Kumar Arora and Satish Kumar,were elected to the senate. The four senators from Chandigarh are Anu Chatrath,D P S Randhawa,B C Josan and Gurpreet Kaur.

The term for the new senate will begin with effect from November 1. The ballot boxes for the Registered Graduates constituency were opened early on Wednesday morning. First round of results for the registered graduates’ constituency of the Panjab University senate were expected to be declared by Wednesday night and the final results were expected by Saturday,but counting had been suspended after a discord between the candidates and the polling staff.