New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- For the first time in the history of the Press Club of India (PCI), senior journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty was elected as the club's first woman president.
Pisharoty's team swept all office-bearers and managing committee positions, scoring an emphatic 21-0, in the elections held on December 13.
She won decisively, securing 1,019 votes, while her rivals Atul Mishra and Arun Sharma received 129 and 89 votes respectively.
For the Secretary-General's post, Afzal Imam won, securing 948 votes, comfortably, while Gyan Prakash, polled 290 votes.
Jatin Gandhi emerged victorious as the vice-president candidate, who received 1,029 votes, defeating the next rival Prahlad Singh Rajput by a margin of over 900 votes.
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