PATNA, March 2 -- For the first time in the history of Patna University Students' Union (PUSU) elections, the National Students Union of India (NSUI) bagged both the crucial seats of president and general secretary. The election results were announced late Saturday night. Last year, Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had bagged the president's seat, defeating NSUI, but this year it was reversed for the first time in PUSU history. NSUI's Shantanu Shekhar won the election for president post by a big margin of 1,496 votes, defeating his nearest rival Prince Kumar from the Chhatra JD(U). There were 11 candidates in the fray. NSUI candidate, a post-graduate student of the department of statistics, was polled the highest 2,896 votes out of over 7,500 valid votes. The NSUI had made a strong presence last time, with its candidates winning two seats for the first time after a very long period and had ended up runners up in the election for the posts of president and vice-president, and this time it bagged both the key posts to stamp its authority in an election marked by lowest voter turnout. For the post of general secretary, NSUI's Khushi Kumari got 2,164 seats to defeat her nearest rival RJD's Pratyush Raj. Bihar Congress president Rajesh Ram congratulated the NSUI candidates for their victories. "This is a reflection of growing popularity of the Congress among the youth and the reach of our student organisation," he said. The NSUI also posted through its official handle that the grand victory of the organisation's candidates was a clear manifestation of "rejection of the politics of hatred" and endorsement of the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's vision and belief that the country could move for ward only with love, harmony and constructive dialogue". In a first, the post of vice-president went to a woman. Independent candidates Sifat Faiz defeated Ayush Harsh of the JD(U) to bag the seat by 71 votes. Out of the five central panel seats, two went to girls, while it was three last year. Last year independent candidates had won the posts of vice-president and general secretary in a keenly fought election, but this year there is just one independent in the central panel. Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won the seats for joint secretary and treasurer. Its candidates Abhishek Kumar defeated NSUI's Munawwar Azam by 422 vote for the joint secretary seat, while for the post of treasurer its candidate Harsh Vardhan defeated JD(U)'s Abhishek Kumar by 170 seats....