India, April 26 -- Polling for the delayed Jawaharlal Nehru University's student union (JNUSU) elections was finally held on Friday, drawing curtains on the high-octane contest this year.

Friday saw a voter turnout of around 70%, according to the student election committee (EC). The voting took place in two phases, from 9am to 1pm and then from 2.30pm to 5.30pm during which students cast their votes at 17 polling booths set up across the campus.

The results are scheduled to be declared on April 28, following which one president, one vice-president, one general secretary and one joint secretary will be elected for the central panel, while 44 councillors will be elected for the various schools under JNU .

This year, the process of the st...