JUCSU results: After eyeing afternoon announcement, officials now shift timeline to evening

More than 43 hours after voting ended in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students’ Union (JUCSU) election, the wait for results continues, with the Election Commission now saying they expect to announce the outcome by Saturday evening. Chief Election Commissioner Prof Md Moniruzzaman told reporters at midday that 85 percent of the ballots had been counted. “We hope to announce the results by 7pm,” he said. Earlier, Election Commissioner Prof Lutful Elahi had said that results might be ready by 1:30pm or 2pm, as 15 out of the 21 hall centres had already been completed and another three were close to finishing. On Friday evening, the chief election commissioner had told reporters at the university’s Senate building that results would be...