Aalto University Student Union
Release
6 Nov 2013
For immediate release
The voting in the third Representative Council elections of Aalto University Student Union ended on Wednesday, 6 Nov. The turnout was 27.3%, which is a decline of 3.7 percentage points from 2011. A total of 4,039 eligible voters used their right to vote. The elections were conducted entirely electronically for the first time.
The electoral coalition Pro Arte celebrated election victory, when five of its candidates were elected to the Representative Council, which is three more than in the previous elections. Pro Arte also included the vote-puller of the elections Verna Kuntsi, who gathered 68 votes for herself. Pro Arte was part of the electoral alliance A+A, which received a total of 8 seats in the Representative Council.
This year, 320 candidates were nominated in AYY’s elections. The elections had four electoral alliances, which included a total of 16 electoral coalition.
The Representative Council of 45 members is the highest decision-making body in the Student Union. The new Representative Council will meet for the first time in November, when it elects the chairperson for itself and appoints the former of the next year’s Board, among other things.
Preliminary election results can be found at: /vaalit/tulokset/. The Central Election Committee will confirm the results at its meeting on Friday, 8 Nov 2013.
According to preliminary election results, the distribution of seats in the Representative Council is as follows (change from 2011)
Electoral Alliance Avainrengas: 7 seats
Force Majeure 1 (-)
iThink 3 (-2)
Sinivihreät 3 (-)
Electoral Alliance Jämerä Ratas: 28 seats
Fakta 3 (-)
Konergia 6 (+1)
Luova 5 (-)
Nuori Akti 1 (-)
Polytekarna 3 (-)
Prosessiteekkarit 5 (+2)
Sateenkaari 2 (-)
Voltti 3 (-1)
Electoral Alliance A + A: 8 seats
Aalto Party 3 (did not participate in 2011)
ProArte 5 (+3)
Electoral Alliance Oikeat: 2 seats
Keskeiset 0 (did not participate in 2011)
Oikea Aalto 2 (+2)
Piraatit 0 (-)
Further information:
Secretary of the Central Election Committee Johanna Pietiläinen, johanna.pietilainen@ayy.fi, 050 520 9434
Chairperson of the Central Election Committee Antti Karkola, antti.karkola@ayy.fi, 040 567 2864