At a glance
- Voting system: Alternative Transferable Vote (ATV)
- Individual voters: 1,367
- Turnout: 19% of the SOAS student body
- Roles announced: Activities and Campaigns, Democracy and Education, Welfare and Liberation
SU Elections: Alternative Transferable Vote
How ATV works: Voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2, 3 and so on. A voter may rank as many or as few candidates as they wish, or vote for one candidate only.
As explained by UK Parliament:
First preference votes are counted first. If a candidate receives more than 50 per cent of the first preference votes, then they are elected.
If no candidate reaches 50 per cent, the candidate with the fewest first preference votes is eliminated. Their second preference votes are reallocated to the remaining candidates.
If one candidate has more votes than the other remaining candidates put together, that candidate is elected. If not, the process is repeated until one candidate has more votes than the other remaining candidates put together. This candidate wins the election.
If you would like a visual explanation, this short video from UK Parliament covers the process clearly.
With 1,367 individual voters, 19% of the SOAS student body voted in this year's election. The full breakdown for each role is below.
Elected
Co-President Activities and Campaigns
Total votes cast: 1,199
- Re-Open Nominations was excluded at stage 2 with 10 votes.
- Mohd. Arham Khan was excluded at stage 3 with 44 votes.
- Sarah Choudhary was excluded at stage 4 with 139 votes.
- Atiya Gaffar was excluded at stage 5 with 159 votes.
- Sami Abdur Razzak was excluded at stage 6 with 188 votes.
- Aleezay Shahbaz was excluded at stage 7 with 319 votes.
Claudia Nader was duly elected as Co-President Activities and Campaigns with 418 votes.
Elected
Co-President Democracy and Education
Total votes cast: 1,139
- Re-Open Nominations was excluded at stage 2 with 10 votes.
- Fahim Fayez was excluded at stage 3 with 57 votes.
- Yuchen Hu was excluded at stage 4 with 74 votes.
- Leo Bodycote was excluded at stage 5 with 88 votes.
- Adam Frost was excluded at stage 6 with 124 votes.
- Germa Tsion Tekle Mariam was excluded at stage 7 with 141 votes.
- Mariam Mansoor was excluded at stage 8 with 334 votes.
Samson Onwe was duly elected as Co-President Democracy and Education with 411 votes.
Elected
Co-President Welfare and Liberation
Total votes cast: 1,111
- Re-Open Nominations was excluded at stage 2 with 5 votes.
- Beti Mcgreevy was excluded at stage 3 with 53 votes.
- Nivea Palmer-Mckenzie was excluded at stage 4 with 139 votes.
- Mari Tagami was excluded at stage 5 with 186 votes.
- Mayowa Osideko was excluded at stage 6 with 212 votes.
- Irini Resuello-Dauti was excluded at stage 7 with 260 votes.
Sana Irfan was duly elected as Co-President Welfare and Liberation with 367 votes.
Congratulations: A sincere well done to every candidate who stood in this election. There was a genuinely positive atmosphere across campus during election week, with thoughtful ideas and conversations throughout. Congratulations to Claudia, Samson and Sana.