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SUSA Elections 2009 Results
The candidates are elected using the Alternative Transferable Voting system, which means they are chosed by preference and must receive more than 50% of the vote before elected. If a candidate gets more than 50% (or the 'quota') just through the number of people who gave them their first preference then they win straight away. If 50% isn't reached however then the candidate with the lowest number of votes gets eliminated and their votes redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on what voters put as their second preference. This is repeated until a candidate has reached more than 50% or there are no more candidates left to eliminate. Also, in every election 'Re-Open Nominations' or 'R.O.N.' is a candidate. This provides the voters with the option of not chosing any of the students running, and instead opts to re-run the election for that position again.
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How the results work
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The Results
Total Number of Votes
2036
Quota (Number of votes required to win):
1019
President
Candidate
1st Preference Votes
Fred Smith
583 - 28.6%
Tom Spencer
1338 - 65.7%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
115 - 5.6%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Sean Clayton
533 - 26.2%
Mark Cullen
1360 - 66.8%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
143 - 7.0%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Mark Charters
1721 - 84.5%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
315 - 15.5%
Candidate
1st Preferences
1st Transfer
2nd Transfer
Euan Lamont
619 - 30.4%
626 - 30.7%
793 - 39.0%
Jamie MacDonald
692 - 34.0%
702 - 34.5%
997 - 49.0%
ELECTED
Brian O'Hara
603 - 29.7%
620 - 30.5%
ELIMINATED
R.O.N.
122 - 6.0%
ELIMINATED
Non-Transferables
88 - 4.3%
246 - 12.1%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Rhianna Humphrey
1158 - 57.9%
ELECTED
Graeme McLaughlin
657 - 32.3%
R.O.N.
221 - 10.9%
Candidate
1st Preferences
David Stuart
1730 - 85.0%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
306 - 15.0%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Emily Chapman
1738 - 85.3%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
298 - 14.6%
Candidate
1st Preference
Sean O'Hara
1760 - 86.4%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
276 - 13.6%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Alba Brown
1090 - 53.5%
ELECTED
Alisdair Lemon
724 - 35.6%
R.O.N.
222 - 10.9%
Candidate
1st Preferences
1st Transfer
Ian Hendry
872 - 42.8%
886 - 43.5%
Gavin Hugh
945 - 46.4%
977 - 48.0%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
219 - 10.8%
ELIMINATED
Non-Transferables
173 - 8.5%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Catriona MacPhee
1782 - 87.5%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
254 - 12.5%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Andy Cuthbertson
1801 - 88.5%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
235 - 11.5%
Note, only women can vote in this election
Candidate
1st Preferences
Vivian Lafferty
1000 - 92.7%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
79 - 7.3%
Candidate
1st Preferences
David Lewin
1745 - 85.7%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
291 - 14.3%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Andreas Frogren
1645 - 82.9%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
349 - 17.1%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Jacob Longstaff
1810 - 88.9%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
226 - 11.1%
Candidate
1st Preferences
David Harding
1814 - 89.1%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
222 - 10.9%
Candidate
1st Preferences
Nicola Holder
1815 - 89.1%
ELECTED
R.O.N.
221 - 10.9%