JNU students union poll records 53.3 percent turnout

New Delhi, Sep 11  The students union election at Jawaharlal Nehru University here on Friday recorded 53.3 percent turnout, a marginal dip from last year.

Last year, the voter-turnout was 54.58 percent.

The voting in the university was conducted at five centres with the exercise ending at 5:30 p.m.

"Counting of votes will start at 9:30 p.m. today (Friday) in the midst of tight security. The process of counting will go on till Sunday morning. The polling was conducted in a peaceful manner," said JNU poll's chief election commissioner Praveen Thallapelli.