2025 DUCSU election
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Elections in Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) in Dhaka University are expected to take place on 9 September 2025, which is the first major electoral decision marking student politics in Bangladesh after the July Revolution which ousted Sheikh Hasina and her party, the Awami League from power in 2024.[2][3]
History
The July Revolution ousted Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League government on 5 August 2024, resulting in the end of the 15-year-long domination of Bangladesh Chhatra League in Dhaka University. This resulted a push from various student organizations for reforms and further elections in DUCSU, which is often known as the second parliament of Bangladesh.[4][5]
The previous DUCSU election, held on 11 March 2025, elected Nurul Haq Nur of Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad, Golam Rabbani and Saddam Hussain of BCL as the vice-president, the general secretary and the additional general secretary of DUCSU, respectively. The 25-member central committee of DUCSU was heavily dominated by BCL affiliated representatives.[6] After which, DUCSU elections did not hold for the past few years.[7]
On 8 August 2025, hundreds of students under the banner of 'general students' came out of the halls of DU protesting against the declaration of hall committees by the Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal. The protesters demanded prohibitions on hall-based politics in the campus, which the university authorities reportedly agreed. Students organizations expressed mixed views over the incident, with some claiming this an attempt to establish "prohibition on hall politics" as a "populist demand" ahead of the polls.[8] Later in a meeting with the vice-chancellor Niaz Ahmed Khan, most of the student organizations, except Bangladesh Ganatantrik Chhatra Sangsad and Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, supported continuing hall-based politics.[9]
On the first day of the nomination papers collection, a student named Zulias Cizar Talukder secured a paper for VP candidacy, which sparked controversy as he previously served as general secretary of Salimullah Muslim Hall from the Chhatra League panel in 2019 election.[10][11] Later, he was removed from the voter list at the request of Salimullah Hall authorities, citing "allegations of student harassment" during the Awami League regime.[12]
Timeline
| Poll Event | Schedule |
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| Declaration of the schedule | 29 July 2025 |
| Publication of drafted voter list | 30 July 2025 |
| Last date for descent over the drafted voter list | 6 August 2025 |
| Publication of final voter list | 11 August 2025 |
| Deadline for nomination papers distribution | 12–18 August 2025 |
| Last date for the nomination papers submission | 19 August 2025 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 20 August 2025 |
| Publication of primary candidacy list | 21 August 2025 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 25 August 2025 |
| Publication of final candidacy list | 26 August 2025 |
| Date of poll | 9 September 2025 |
| Date of counting of votes | 9 September 2025 |
Results
See also
References
- ^ "Final DUCSU voter list published, 157 names dropped". The Daily Observer (Bangladesh). 12 August 2025.
- ^ Hasan, Tanvir (14 August 2025). "Uncertainty surrounds JCD ahead of Ducsu election". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "DUCSU election will usher student unity". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 5 February 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "DUCSU election is desirable but subservient party politics must end". The New Nation. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ সম্পাদকীয়: ডাকসুর তফসিল. Prothom Alo (Opinion) (in Bengali). 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ নুর ভিপি, রাব্বানী জিএস, সাদ্দাম এজিএস. The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ "Why have Ducsu elections stopped again?". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ^ Hasnat, Rakib (9 August 2025). ডাকসু নির্বাচনের আগে আবাসিক হলে 'প্রকাশ্য ও গুপ্ত' রাজনীতি নিষিদ্ধের ঘোষণা নিয়ে প্রশ্ন. BBC Bangla.
- ^ "Most student bodies support hall-based politics at DU". The Financial Express (Bangladesh). 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Ducsu election: Ex-BCL leader collects nomination for VP post, faces backlash". The Business Standard. 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Chhatra League's Cizar VP candidate in Ducsu polls". Dhaka Tribune. 12 August 2025.
- ^ "Ex-BCL leader exiled from DUCSU election". The Daily Observer (Bangladesh). 12 August 2025.