The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and the Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) claimed to have made gains in union elections held in colleges affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University in Ernakulam on Tuesday.

The SFI wrested the union at Union Christian College, Aluva, from the KSU after a gap of six years. It won the elections held at Indira Gandhi College, Nellikuzhi, and won 13 of the 14 seats at St. Peter’s College, Kolencherry.

A communication issued by the federation claimed that it recorded an impressive performance in 32 of the 41 colleges in Ernakulam. SFI candidates won all the seats at Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam. Some of the other college unions it won included Government Law College, Ernakulam; St. Albert’s College, Ernakulam; Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara; KMM College, Thrikkakara; St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery; MES College, Kunnukara; Jai Bharat College, Perumbavoor; St. Kuriakose College, Perumbavoor; and Mar Elias College, Kothamangalam, it said.

The KSU district leadership said in a communication that it wrested the unions from the SFI at Cochin College; Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam; Mount Carmel College, Kothamangalam; Government Kesari College, Paravur; IHRD College, Puthenvelikkara; and Sienna College, Edakochi.

The KSU retained the unions at Sacred Heart College, Thevara; Sree Sankara College, Kalady; Nirmala College, Muvattupuzha; MES College, Marampally; Al Ameen College, Edathala; KMEA College, Pookattupady; MES College, Edathala; St. Anne’s College, Angamaly; KMM College, Kumbalam; and BMC College of Arts, Aluva. The KSU also won the chairperson seat at St. Peter’s College, Kolencherry, and six seats, including the vice-chairperson’s seat, at KMM College, Thrikkakara, it claimed.