At a glance
- Voting system: Alternative Transferable Vote (ATV)
- Individual voters: 1367
- Turnout: 19% of the SOAS student body
- Roles announced: Activities and Campaigns, Democracy and Education, Welfare and Liberation
SU Elections operate on an ATV voting system - Alternative Transferable Vote
How ATV works: Voters rank candidates in order of preference by marking 1, 2, 3 and so on. A voter can rank as many or as few candidates as they like, 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 are still a little confused, check out this handy video, which explains ATV a little further.
With 1367 individual voters, 19% of the SOAS student body voted in this year’s election. Please find the breakdown for the individual roles below.
Elected
Co-President Activities and Campaigns
Total votes cast: 1199
- 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: 1139
- 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: 1111
- 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 big well done to all candidates for standing in this election. There was a great atmosphere across campus during election week, with brilliant ideas and conversations throughout. Congratulations to Claudia, Samson and Sana.
SOAS into Senate House North Block
SOAS' expansion into the North Block represents one of the biggest and most fundamental changes to SOAS in its 100 year history. It’s vital that students and staff know what is going on and have as much input as possible. We need to guarantee that the future of SOAS is the future we actually want!
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SOAS has purchased, and is currently renovating, the North Block of Senate House, which is due to be completed in early 2016 for SOAS’ centenary. This will replace Vernon Square and create one central campus in Bloomsbury.
The expansion into the North Block represents one of the biggest and most fundamental changes to SOAS in its 100 year history. It will cost an estimated £35 million, and will potentially result in an increase of some 700 students.
On Friday 3rd October at 3pm the Senate House North Block project team will be giving a presentation in the JCR about what’s happening, what the current plans are for how the space will be used and what it will look like, plans for accessibility and environmental sustainability and new possibilities e.g. the development of cycle parking.
Please come along to ask any questions, and share your ideas and input!
It’s vital that students and staff know what is going on and have as much input as possible. We need to guarantee that the future of SOAS is the future we actually want!
For more information about the consultation on 3rd October:
https://www.facebook.com/events/642689772503687/?ref=br_tf
