India, April 28 -- Trends in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNU) elections on Sunday favoured the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), indicating that it is likely to win 23 of the 42 councillor seats across 16 schools and special centres.

In the central panel contests, Nitish Kumar, backed by the All India Students' Association and Democratic Students' Federation (DSF), is leading in the post for president with 1,577 votes over ABVP's Shikha Swaraj who has 1,375 votes.

For the post of vice-president, ABVP's nominee Nittu Gautam is leading with 1,080 votes over AISA-DSF candidate Manisha who has 1,076 votes.

For general secretary, AISA-DSF's Munteha Fatima is leading with 1,410 votes over ABVP's Kunal Rai who ha...