Nashra Naim has been elected Vice-President of the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) for 2026-27, becoming the first woman to win one of the union’s three office-bearer posts, as per available records. The BA LLB student won the Vice-President race in a field of seven candidates, after a close count with Saquib Ali Khan. She polled 7,091 votes, 1,273 more than Saquib Ali Khan (5,818).
She joins President Noman Ashraf and Honorary Secretary Mohammad Hamdan in the first AMU Students’ Union elected in eight years. Follow every result on our AMUSU 2026 live results page.
Why this result matters
The President, Vice-President and Honorary Secretary of AMUSU have so far all been men, as per past office-bearer lists and news reports. Women students have been elected to the AMUSU cabinet before: Kehkashan Khanam became the first woman elected to the cabinet in 2015, and three women won cabinet seats in 2016, The Quint reported at the time. Kehkashan Khanam also contested for Vice-President in 2016 but did not win.
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Women at the Women’s College have their own union, the WCSU, which is led entirely by women students. This year’s WCSU is headed by President Anam Riyaz.
Winner
7,091
Runner-up
5,818
Women in the 2026 race
Three women contested for the chairs this year: Amina Irshad for President, and Nashra Naim and Irfa Khan for Vice-President. Whether a woman would lead the union had been a talking point on campus in the run-up to the polls, as we reported in Will AMU get its first woman Students’ Union President?
Who is Nashra Naim?
Nashra Naim is a BA LLB student at AMU. She moved ahead of Saquib Ali Khan in the later rounds of counting and held the lead till the result was declared.
Is Nashra Naim the first woman office-bearer of AMUSU?
As per available records, yes. No woman had earlier been elected President, Vice-President or Honorary Secretary of the AMU Students’ Union, though women have served on its cabinet since 2015.
