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RAJSHAHI, Aug 7, 2025 (BSS) - A draft voter list was published for the upcoming election of Rajshahi University Central Students Union (RUCSU) in its official https:// www.ru.ac.bd/rucsu/website last night.

In the list, there are 25,152 students, including 15,468 females, who are eligible to exercise their rights of franchise in the students' body election of the public university.

Chief Commissioner of RUCSU election told BSS that the voter list will also be available in the concerned residential halls.
 
"We will resolve all the objections and grievances related to the voter list within the timeframe mentioned in the schedule if there is any," he added. 
After over three decades, Rajshahi University (RU) students are going to get back their representative rights as the election to RUCSU is going to be held after a long gap of 35 years.
 
Already, the necessary preparations for holding the election are going on in full-swing.

According to the announced schedule, the election will be held on September 15.

On July 28 (Monday), a seven-member election commission, led by Chief Election Commissioner Prof Amzad Hossain, announced the schedule for the RUCSU election, which is set to be held on September 15, 2025.
 
As per the schedule, the code of conduct has already been published, and the draft voter list will be released on August 6 and objections will be accepted and resolved on August 7, 10, 11, and 12. The final voter list will be published on August 14.
 
Nomination papers will be distributed from August 17 to 19. Submissions will be accepted on August 21, 24, and 25, while scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on August 27 and 28. The preliminary list of candidates will be published on August 31. Candidates may withdraw their nominations on September 2. The final list will be published on September 4.

Polling will be held in all residential halls on September 15, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Meanwhile, the code of conduct for the elections of RUCSU, hall unions, and student representatives in the university senate was published on the university website Thursday last.