The university, considered to be the hotbed of ultra-Left politics, continues to ignore the ideologies of the CPM.

If the Nandigram killings was a major factor in the students' elections last year, cadre movement in Nandigram in last November defined the anti-Left mood in the university. FAS General Secretary Sourish Ghosh said many students took part in the rally against CPM cadres entering Nandigram.

However, the FAS also claimed votes were polled in its favour because it was instrumental in establishing a students' placement cell.

General Secretary of Chhatra Bloc Debabrata Roy said the SFI was divorced from the issues of student politics these days. "In Delhi, they will protest against privatisation. In Bengal, they will try to justify privatisation and Nandigram," he said.

Amartya Roy, a student of International Relations, has been elected vice-president of the student body.

He won by a margin of 330 votes. Lokeswari Dasgupta, a second-year History student, is the new general secretary and Somsukla Biswas, a student of Economics, is the new assistant general secretary of the day section.

Like in Presidency College, the DSO, a student body of the SUCI, joined the anti-SFI front and made things more tough for the SFI.

The assistant general secretary of the evening department, DSO's Sharmishta Burman won with a margin of 14 votes.

SFI members were tight-lipped about the loss.