India, Sept. 19 -- Counting of votes for the Delhi University Students' Union election (DUSU election) were taking place on Friday, a day after students across DU colleges affiliated with the DUSU cast their votes amid heavy security for the poll in which ABVP and NSUI are the main contenders.

The high-octane DUSU election recorded a voter turnout of nearly 40 per cent on Thursday. Follow DUSU election live updates

The top post winner will succeed current DUSU president and NSUI leader Ronak Khatri.

-Leading candidates at 1:30 pm: After 16 rounds of counting, ABVP's Aryan Maan, for the president post of DUSU, was leading with a huge margin at around 2 pm. While NSUI's Rahul Jhansla was leading for the vice president post, ABVP was ahea...