Bhubaneswar: Swadhin Kumar Acharya of the ABVP has been elected as the president of the students’ union of Gangadhar Meher University (GMU) in Sambalpur for the 2026-27 academic session. The university announced the provisional results of the students’ union elections on Thursday.

Sanket Sahu was elected vice-president, while Nikhil Agrawal won the post of general secretary.

In the election for president, Swadhin Kumar Acharya secured 82 votes to defeat his nearest rival, Karanmay Sahu, who received 76 votes. Priyabhadra S. Prusty polled four votes. Swadhin won by a margin of six votes, with a total of 164 votes cast for the post.

Sanket Sahu registered a decisive victory in the vice-president election, securing 102 votes. His rivals, Pratyasha Dhar and Jogendra Kumar Mallik, received 46 and 14 votes, respectively. Sanket won by a margin of 56 votes.

In the general secretary election, Nikhil Agrawal secured 96 votes to emerge victorious. Rahul Meher received 53 votes, while Kismat Pandey polled 12 votes. Nikhil won by a margin of 43 votes.

In other results, Kiran Mallik was elected assistant secretary of the Athletic Club with 94 votes, defeating Shubham Kumar Mishra, who secured 39 votes. Kiran won by a margin of 55 votes.

Sriti Swaroopa Acharya won the post of secretary of the Cultural Association with 71 votes. Her rivals, Priyabrata Behera and Swagat Sahu, received 51 and 40 votes, respectively. Sriti secured victory by a margin of 20 votes.

Anshuman Guru was elected assistant secretary of the Cultural Association, polling 102 votes against Pritam Sahu’s 50. Anshuman won by a margin of 52 votes.

In the Social Service Group (SSG) secretary election, Debashish Sa secured 100 votes, defeating Hrushikesh Bag, who received 55 votes. Debashish won by a margin of 45 votes.

For the Representative Editorial Board, Bibek Ranjan Tiwari and Tushar Ranjan Seth were elected after receiving 104 and 86 votes, respectively.

The provisional results were announced by the university’s Postgraduate Council.