SOAS Students' Union Elections
1. Elections Overview
2. Upcoming Elections
3. Spring 2021 Election: Results
4. Election Contacts
SOAS Students' Union holds annual elections in the Autumn and Spring terms to elect our 4 full-time Sabbatical Officers and 17 part-time Executive Officers. We also hold separate Autumn elections for our Student Reps, with more information on these elections available from our Student Reps minisite.
All members of SOAS Students' Union are allowed to run and vote in an SU Election!
The timeline for our elections typically runs as follows:
- Nominations Open: You can begin to nominate yourself for a position in the election
- Nominations Close: The deadline by which you must have completed your nomination to run in the election
- Candidate Meeting: A compulsory meeting for all nominees to discuss the election rules
- Campaigning Starts: You can begin campaigning
- Candidate Hustings: Students get the opportunity to ask you questions at a publice meeting (Spring elections only)
- Voting Opens: Students can start voting in the election
- Campaigning Ends and Voting Closes: The deadline for students to have submitted votes
- Complaints Deadline: The deadline for any complaints to be received, typically 1 hour after voting closes
- Results Announced: We announce the results of the election!
Nominations and voting are done online through this web page. This page will be updated closer to the date of the next election with links you'll need to nominate yourself and vote!
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The timeline for this election is:
- Nominations open:
- Nominations close:
- Candidate meeting:
- Hustings:
- Voting opens:
- Voting closes:
- Complaints deadline:
- Results announced:
The SOAS SU Spring 2021 Elections are now complete!
All votes have been counted, and you can find the results to this election here: SU SPRING 2021 ELECTION RESULTS or below:
Position |
Elected |
Academic Affairs Officer |
Sarah Skoropa |
Anti-Racism Officer |
Anya Sivan |
Campaigns Officer |
Lena Koch |
Co-President Activities & Events |
Pauline Ankunda |
Co-President Democracy & Education |
Lucia Rodriguez Pedroso |
Co-President Equality & Liberation |
Hisham Parchment |
Co-President Welfare & Campaigns |
Ella Spencer |
Disabled Students & Carers Officer |
Felix Henson |
Entertainment Officer |
Ayat El-Naili |
Environment Officer |
Janna AlSou'b |
International Officer |
Julia Soldrzynski |
NUS Delegates |
Khadeeja Shah
& Abel Harvie-Clarke |
People of Colour Officer |
Anika Chauhan |
Sports Officer |
Valentine Godard
& Grace Weston |
Womxns Officer |
Ellora Singh
& Rbeeza Mobeen |
Any questions or complaint relating to this election please contact the Elections Clerk, Jack Di Francesco (jd126@soas.ac.uk).