JUCSU results to be declared at 4:30pm after 42-hour manual vote count

After a gruelling 42-hour manual count, voting tabulation for the Jahangirnagar Central Student Union (JUCSU) election has concluded — with official results expected to be announced at 4:30 pm on Saturday. The final votes were tallied at 2:30 pm on Saturday at the Election Commission office, according to Chief Election Commissioner Professor Dr Moniruzzaman, who confirmed the timing of the result declaration. Voting for the much-anticipated student union polls began at 9 am on Thursday, 11 September, and continued until 5 pm the same day. The counting process commenced shortly after, at 10:15 pm, but stretched across two days due to the entirely manual nature of the exercise. The election, however, was not without controversy. Four major student panels, including...