PU Senate polls: Results for three seats declared

The counting of votes was done according to the system of single transferable votes,for which the quota in the first round was set as 108 votes. Bandhu won the race by qualifying in the first round with 165 votes,followed by Kumar with 116 votes. Lilu Ram received 100 votes while Chahal received 50 votes. In the second round of counting,when the votes of Bandhu and Kumar were transferred to the others,Lilu Ram qualified with 118 votes. Chahal received 88 votes in the second round and could not qualify.

A jubilant Tarlok Bandhu,who became a senator for the second time in a row, said that in the previous term he had worked for the promotion of research in colleges. “I will continue to raise the issues of teachers of colleges of education,” he said.

The three candidates who had filed nominations for the three seats for the constituency of principals of technical and professional colleges,had been elected unopposed earlier. The candidates,elected by consensus for the principals’ constituency were K K Dhiman of the Sector 26 Homoeopathic Medical College,N R Sharma of Guru Gobind Singh College of Education for Women,Gidderbaha,and S S Sangha of Dashmesh Girls College of Education,Badal. Khushwinder Singh of BCM College of Education,Ludhiana,had withdrawn earlier,which led to the remaining three principals being elected unopposed.

About 28 polling booths were set up for the elections,out of which,24 were in Punjab and four in Chandigarh. There are 584 voters in this constituency,from 77 technical and professional colleges affiliated to PU. Out of these,13 colleges are located in Chandigarh.

In Chandigarh,polling was held at The College of Architecture,Sector 12,Government College of Education,Sector 20,Government Medical College and Hospital,Sector 32,and Homoeopathic College,Sector 26. In Punjab,polling was held in 24 colleges located in Jalalabad,Muktsar,Ferozepur and other centres. Of the three seats from this constituency of the Senate,one is reserved for Punjab and one for Chandigarh.